"The ceremonies of Nug and Yeb sickened him especially—so much, indeed, that he refrained from describing them in his manuscript."
H.P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop, The Mound
H.P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop, The Mound
"I talked in Yemen with an old man who had come back alive from the Crimson Desert—he had seen Irem, the City of Pillars, and had worshipped at the underground shrines of Nug and Yeb—Iä! Shub-Niggurath!"
H.P. Lovecraft & Adolphe de Castro, The Last Test
"In the end he felt sure that the gods friendly to man could be arrayed against the hostile gods, and believed that Shub-Niggurath, Nug, and Yeb, as well as Yig the Serpent-god, were ready to take sides with man against the tyranny and presumption of Ghatanothoa."
H.P. Lovecraft & Hazel Heald, Out Of the Aeons
The second of the twin blasphemies....Nug!
Again, better linework and sense of movement in this new version. I also had a tendency to just add odd bits to creatures without thinking them through; ie the eyes in Nug's mouth. It's a cool idea but seems superfluous. Maybe for a different creature where that's the focus.
Anyway, here's the Hugh Rankin illustration that accompanied The Last Test in Weird Tales November 1928. I have to be honest, I find Rankin's illustrations sloppy, vague and unsatisfying.
H.P. Lovecraft & Adolphe de Castro, The Last Test
"In the end he felt sure that the gods friendly to man could be arrayed against the hostile gods, and believed that Shub-Niggurath, Nug, and Yeb, as well as Yig the Serpent-god, were ready to take sides with man against the tyranny and presumption of Ghatanothoa."
H.P. Lovecraft & Hazel Heald, Out Of the Aeons
The second of the twin blasphemies....Nug!
Anyway, here's the Hugh Rankin illustration that accompanied The Last Test in Weird Tales November 1928. I have to be honest, I find Rankin's illustrations sloppy, vague and unsatisfying.
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