Nyarlathotep

Nyarlathotep (the Crawling Chaos) is one of the Outer Gods. He enacts the will of the Outer Gods, and is their messenger, heart and soul. He is also a servant of Azathoth, whose wishes he immediately fulfills. Nyarlathotep appears in numerous stories by Lovecraft, and is also featured in the works of other authors.
== Avatars and appearances ==
Nyarlathotep has many avatars both in Dreamlands and the waking world. In his first appearance in "Nyarlathotep", he is described as a "tall, swarthy man" who resembles an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. He subsequently appears as a major character in "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath", in which he again manifests in the form of an Egyptian pharaoh when he confronts Randolph Carter. In "The Dreams in the Witch House", Nyarlathotep appears to Walter Gilman and witch Keziah Mason in the form of "the 'Black Man' of the witch-cult", a black-skinned avatar of the Devil described by witch hunters. In "The Haunter of the Dark" (1936), the nocturnal, tentacled, bat-winged monster dwelling in the steeple of the Starry Wisdom sect's church is identified as another manifestation of Nyarlathotep. This avatar cannot tolerate light. In "The Clock of Dreams" Nyarlathotep hides under the guise of an entity known as Fly-the-Light.
Lovecraft suggests that the fake Henry Akeley that appears at the end of "The Whisperer in Darkness" is also Nyarlathotep. In "The Rats in the Walls", Nyarlathotep is mentioned as a faceless god in the caverns of Earth's center. In "The Shadow Out of Time", the "hideous secret of Nyarlathotep" is revealed to the protagonist by Khephnes during their imprisonment by the Great Race of Yith. In "The Whisperer in Darkness" Nyarlathotep's name is spoken frequently by the fungi from Yuggoth in a reverential or ritual sense, indicating that they worship or honor the entity.
According to certain sources Nyarlathotep is currently living or imprisoned on the planet Abbith.
Category:Outer Gods
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