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Created page with "'''Nyarlathotep'''<ref>Most commonly, this is pronounced nyar-LAH-thoh-tep, but I pronounce it NYAR-lat-HOH-tep, as in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV_1P4YYczU 0:10 of this video].</ref> is a being described in the notes of the pirate captain Jamit Angari, who seemed to believe Sorhan was a guise of Nyarlathotep. The archdevil Azaphiel has heard of Nyarlathotep but seems not to believe he/it exists. == Notes == <references />" |
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. . . go out among men and find the ways thereof, that He in the Gulf may know. To Nyarlathotep, Mighty Messenger, must all things be told. And He shall put on the semblance of men, the waxen mask and the robe that hides, and come down from the world of Seven Suns to mock. . . . | |||
< | —H. P. Lovecraft, ''The Whisperer in Darkness'' | ||
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'''Nyarlathotep''' is a being described in the notes of the pirate captain Jamit Angari, who seemed to believe [[Sorhan]] is a guise of Nyarlathotep. | |||
The archdevil [[Azaphiel]] has heard of Nyarlathotep but seems not to believe he/it exists. | |||
== Pronunciation == | |||
Most commonly, ''Nyarlathotep'' is pronounced nyar-LAH-thoh-tep, but I pronounce it NYAR-lat-HOH-tep, as in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV_1P4YYczU 0:10 of this video]. I believe the ''th'' in the name is not a [https://scholarwithin.com/digraph consonant digraph] but rather a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant_cluster consonant cluster], because ''hotep'' is an actual ancient Egyptian word, meaning "at rest, at peace." | |||
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(BUZZING VOICE)
. . . go out among men and find the ways thereof, that He in the Gulf may know. To Nyarlathotep, Mighty Messenger, must all things be told. And He shall put on the semblance of men, the waxen mask and the robe that hides, and come down from the world of Seven Suns to mock. . . .
—H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness
Nyarlathotep is a being described in the notes of the pirate captain Jamit Angari, who seemed to believe Sorhan is a guise of Nyarlathotep.
The archdevil Azaphiel has heard of Nyarlathotep but seems not to believe he/it exists.
Pronunciation
Most commonly, Nyarlathotep is pronounced nyar-LAH-thoh-tep, but I pronounce it NYAR-lat-HOH-tep, as in 0:10 of this video. I believe the th in the name is not a consonant digraph but rather a consonant cluster, because hotep is an actual ancient Egyptian word, meaning "at rest, at peace."