Tsathoggua
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| Source: Rodrigo Piasecki on ArtStation | |
| Tsathoggua | |
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| Titles and aliases | Zhothaqquah[1] The Sleeper of N'kai[1] The Toad God[1] |
| Alignment | ? |
| Divine Rank | ? |
Tsathoggua (I say "suh-THOG-wuh"), also known as Zhothaqquah and the Sleeper of N'kai, is an entity described as a Great Old One.
Tsathoggua's idols often depict him as a giant toad-like monstrosity, morbidly obese and often sleeping. He is ever-hungering. In the words of Clark Ashton Smith himself:
You shall know Tsathoggua by his great girth[2]
Nice.
Lineage
Lovecraft describes Tsathoggua as the offspring of Yeb, which would make him the "grandson" of Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath; the "great-grandson" of the Nameless Mist and Eternal Darkness; and the "great-great-grandson" of Azathoth.
Clark Ashton Smith's account differs. He describes describes Tsathoggua as being born of Ghizguth and Zstylzhemgni. Ghizguth, so he says, is the spawn of Cxaxukluth (who'd be Tsathoggua's "grandfather"), and brother of Hziulquoigmnzhah (who'd be Tsathoggua's "uncle"). Cxaxukluth is said to be the spawn of Azathoth (who'd be Tsathoggua's "great-grandfather").
It's also possible that somehow both Lovecraft and CAS are correct.
There are other conflicting stories as well, such as the story that Tsathoggua did descend from Cxaxukluth but that Cxaxukluth split himself into Nug and Yeb, and that was it was Yeb who mothered Tsathoggua.
Confusing, I know.
Anyway, here's the family tree according to CAS:
Azathoth
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Cxaxukluth
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+-+------------------+
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Hziulquoigmnzhah Ghizguth --+-- Zstylzhemgni
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Tsathoggua --+-- Shathak
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Zvilpogghua
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Sfatlicllp
Yeah, bitch, Tsathoggua's got a GF. How dare you think otherwise?
