Ghatanothoa

Ghatanothoa, also Ghanta or Gtantha, is a Great Old One left by the fungi from Yuggoth within the mountain Yaddith-Gho in the now-sunken land of Mu. Along with Ythogtha and Zoth-Ommog, Ghatanothoa is one of the three "sons" of Cthulhu and Idh-yaa spawned near Xoth.
In Unaussprechlichen Kulten, Friedrich von Junzt tells of T'yog, the high priest of Shub-Niggurath, who opposed Ghatanothoa and its servants. T'yog created a scroll covered with magical writings that would protect the holder from the effects of seeing Ghatanothoa. Having done so, he resolved to climb the mountain to the god's home and confront the horror. Ghatanothoa's jealous priests opposed this. When they could not prevent T'yog from making the journey, they secretly switched his magical scroll for a worthless one. T'yog never returned from his journey to the top of Yaddith-Gho, and his fate remains a mystery.
== Cult of Ghatanothoa ==
Due to T'yog's failure to destroy Ghatanothoa, the cult of this Great Old One gained even greater power. Although the land of Mu sank beneath the ocean, entrapping Ghatanothoa, many branches of its cult survived. According to von Junzt, traces of such worship have been found in Egypt, Atlantis, K'n-yan, Persia, Babylon, Africa, China, Mexico, and Peru. Most of Ghatanothoa's present-day worship occurs near the Pacific Ocean, beneath which Ghatanothoa is imprisoned. These cults hold the god responsible for certain natural disasters, such as the offshore earthquake which took place in 1970 near Peru, and hope for a day when they will be able to free their master from his watery prison.
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