Who Is Shub-Niggurath? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Shub-Niggurath is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 16 comic issue appearances. Shub-Niggurath is an Outer God of fertility in the Cthulhu Mythos. She has over 1,000 young who accept sacrifices in her name.

Who is Shub-Niggurath?

Origin Shub-Niggurath is an Outer God in the Cthulhu Mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft. She is known as a god of fertility and appears before others as a gigantic mass of black tentacles and mouths with numerous teeth and slime dripping out the sides. She is also said to have small, stubby goat legs and to be almost entirely shrouded in enormous clouds. Little creatures are continuously spat out from Shub-Niggurath's various mouths and are either consumed again or left to run off to another hideous creature. It is hypothesized that she dwells at the court of Azathoth at the center of the universe or underneath the planet Yaddith being served by the Dholes. But it is also possible she resides in a completely different universe. Cult of Shub-Niggurath Shub-Niggurath is the most worshiped of all gods in the Cthulhu Mythos.

Key facts

Shub-Niggurath is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "At the Altar of the Goat God". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 16 recorded issue appearances, Shub-Niggurath ranks among the most featured characters in comics.