Algol

Algol, the Daemon-Star is a double (and possibly quintary) star mentioned by H. P. Lovecraft as the sidereal home of a demonic shining entity made of light. 
==Behind the Mythos==
The name Algol is derived from an Arabic phrase meaning "the demon's head" (Ra's al Ghul) and concordantly occupies a place in the constellation of Perseus often assigned to the head of Medusa.
Although believed to have been a binary star at the time of Lovecraft's writings, recent research suggests that it may in fact be a cluster system of as many as seven separate stars.
In the works of Lin Carter, Algol is orbited by a world inhabited by Zvilpogghua, the son of Tsathoggua. However, the name of this world varies from one tale to the next. In "The Feaster from the Stars", Carter identifies it as either Ymar (in the Crypt of Cthulhu version) or Abbith (in the Book of Eibon version), the latter being Carter's name for the World of Seven Suns from which Nyarlathotep can be summoned (as mentioned in Lovecraft's The Whisperer in Darkness and August Derleth's "The Dweller in Darkness"). Conversely, in "Strange Manuscript Found in the Vermont Woods", the Algolian world where Zvilpogghua dwells is named Yrautrom.
In "The Thing in the Pit", Abbith and Ymar (and therefore possibly Algol) are located in the same star cluster as the binary green star Xoth.
Category:Stars
Category:Locations Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works