Flame Creatures of Cthugha

The Flame Creatures of Cthugha, or simply the Minions of Cthugha, are extraterrestrial entities made of living flame which dwell in the star Fomalhaut with their master, the Great Old One fire elemental known as Cthugha.
The Flame Creatures appear like living dots of bright light which set fire to anything they touch. They can be summoned to Earth when Fomalhaut is visible in the night sky by the repetition of the sentence "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthugha Fomalhaut n'gha- ghaa naf'l thagn. Iä! Cthugha!".
Created by August Derleth for his 1944 short story "The Dweller in Darkness", the Flame Creatures of Cthugha are nowadays most commonly conflated with the Fire Vampires that debuted in Donald Wandrei's 1933 story of the same name. The two species were first identified as synonymous in "The Horror in the Gallery", by Lin Carter, and the identification was popularized by the role-playing game Call of Cthulhu and The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana.
Category:Species Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works
Category:Extraterrestrial Species