Nug and Yeb ( Eng. Nug and Yeb ) - twins, one of the most ancient gods of the mythical pantheon G.F. Lovecraft . They are children from the marriage of the wife of Shub-Niggurat and the husband of Yog-Sotot . They were "born in the doomed Zlikarior nebula" and now they live in space. Naga became the father of Cthulhu , and Yeb, under the magical influence of Yog-Sotota, became the mother of Tsathoggua . Personally, these deities were not dedicated to individual works, but their first references are found in The Last Experience and Kurgan . In his letters, Lovecraft wrote about the further development of these deities and left hints that Nag is the father of Shaurash-Ho .
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Description
They are only 10 feet in diameter as usual and are similar in appearance to Shub-Niggurath . The idols of Nag and Yeb are worshiped in the underground city of K'nan ( "Kurgan" ), Yrem ("Last experience") and other places with the symbols of Yin and Yang . The worship of Nag and Yeb is described as the most disgusting. The texts mention that they are the creators and keepers of the garden in which Yig lives. They were instructed to cleanse the earth for the return of the great Ancient Gods, but they themselves never visited the earth. To achieve this goal, two devices are used - the Yeb Furnace and the Torch of Noug, where tools to destroy the world will be created in a black flame.
Connection with other fictional worlds
In “Abon's Second Epistle to His Disciples, or the Apocalypse of Abon” (Robert M. Price and Lawrence J. Cornford), it is described how the androgenic Xaxacluth split into two parts, becoming the male Naga and the female Yeb.
Clark Ashton Smith wrote in a letter to R.G. Barlow that Nag may be known by the name Ptmak in Hyperborea , because it corresponds to the "immediate" parent Cthulhu .
In Descent into the Abyss ( Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter ), Nag is a god among the ghouls , and Yeb is a leader in the cult of aliens serving the unclean god Abhot.
History of creation and reflection in culture
According to Lovecraft researcher W. Murray, the names Nag and Yeb are similar to the Egyptian gods, brother and sister - Geb and Nut [1] . According to Lovecraft himself, “Nag and Yeb should remind us of the dark and mysterious tone of Tatar or Tibetan folklore” [2] [3] .
Another Lovecraft specialist, Robert M. Price, recorded The Black Litany Of Nug And Yeb for Strange Aeons [4] , a kind of worship of Nagu and Yeb conducted by the High Priest and his students [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Murray, Will. 1984. "The Natures of Nug and Yeb." Lovecraft Studies 3: 52-59.
- ↑ The New Annotated HP Lovecraft. / Lovecraft, HP, Klinger LS, Moore A .: Liveright, 2014.
- ↑ Selected Letters: 1932-1934. / Lovecraft HP, Derleth AW, Turner J., Wandrei D .: Arkham House, 1976.
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/12238326
- ↑ Hill, G. The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of HP Lovecraft. Music Street Journal, 2006.
Literature
- The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia: A guide to HP Lovecraft universe
- Christopher L Robinson (2010) Teratonymy: The Weird and Monstrous Names of HP Lovecraft, Names, 58: 3, 127-138, DOI: 10.1179 / 002777310X12759861710420