Shub-Niggurath

Shub-Niggurath, popularly known as the Black Goat Of The Woods With A Thousand Young (that's not a mouthful...), is an Outer God of the Eldritch Beings, and is probably the one with the largest and most diverse flock of worshipers. The Black Goat is unusual in that 'she' is an Eldritch Being with very distinctive feminine features, and is most frequently worshiped as some kind of twisted fertility goddess.
== Facts: ==
-Shub-Niggurath is a powerful Outer God whose worshipers can only invoke her in the depths of the deep woods, at night, in the pale moonlight. Often, summoning Shub-Niggurath requires some great sacrifice, such as a human sacrifice.
-Shub-Niggurath appears as a massive beast with goat-legs and a mass of black, oily tentacles for a head, neck and back. Each of the tentacles ends in a fanged maw.
-Shub-Niggurath is a feminine Eldritch, and she favors feminine things. She has shown favor to female Gnostics over male ones, as well as to the Azure Sisterhood and Magdalenes.
-Shub-Niggurath is a kind of fertlity goddess, and she possess much in the way of Creation Magick and powers resembling those of Gaia. Some Gnostics have even gone so far as to claim that Shub-Niggurath may have been a World Soul in the previous universe from which the Eldritch hail, making her a distant relative to Gaia herself. This would explain why the Black Goat only appears in the deep woods or other places of natural power.
-Rituals involving Shub-Niggurath are equal parts horror and ecstasy.
-Shub-Niggurath is said to possess a 'thousand young' because she is continually generating various forms of monstrous new life. In this, she is similar to Lilith, another female Supernatural associated with Gaia and the powers of Creation.
-Many of these 'Thousand Young' resemble her, and will act as proxies for her among her cult following.
-Shub-Niggurath has a large and diverse following, probably the largest of any Outer God. She has many human followers, as well as several Werewolves, Fey and many of the alien races in our universe. Female Witches are particularly fond of Shub-Niggurath, and the Black Goat tends to show them great favor.
-Because of her nature-based aesthetics and creative powers, Shub-Niggurath also has large cults within the Order of Druids, the Order of Creators and the Order of Magdalenes. She pays special attention to the Lords of Creation.
-Shub-Niggurath's 'home' is unknown. Unlike many Outer Gods and Great Old Ones, who have a definitive haven or place of residence, Shub-Niggurath seems to have many. She dwells only in places of dark and pristine natural beauty, but she is also said to dwell alongside Azathoth as His companion, and she maintains many powerful Avatars of herself scattered across the universe.
Category:Eldritch
Category:Gaia
Category:Creator
Category:Azure
Category:Dark Creators