Gloon

Gloon, the Corrupter of Flesh, Master of the Temple, is a fictional deity created by the late American author H. P. Lovecraft for his short story "The Temple". 
==Description==
Gloon is described as great limacene or slug-like abomination, though it usually hides its true nature through the glamour of a beautiful statue resembling the Greek god Dionysus. 
==History==
===In Lovecraft's Work===
In "The Temple," the crew of a World War I German submarine come into possession of a statue of Gloon, which proceeds to drive most of the crew insane before dragging the sole survivor, the submarine's captain, down to the entity's temple on the ocean floor. 
===In Other Works===
In the expanded Cthulhu Mythos added to by later authors, there is a homoerotic element to mankind's fascination with Gloon's false appearance (citation needed). 
Gloon appears (though is unnamed) in author Molly Tanzer's novelette "The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins" (citation needed) - in this tale he is served by dolphins (which were long-associated with Dionysus Dionysus Cup article at Wikipedia). 
==Gallery==
05 03 2019 gloon the corrupter of flesh by hubertspala dd1dko2-fullview.jpg | Gloon by Hubert Spala
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60 Gloonic Dolphin.png|Ryuga Boumera's interpretation of Gloon's Dolphin Servants
==References==
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Category:Great Old Ones
Category:Characters Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works