Nug

Nug (a.k.a. Ptmâk in Hyperborea, The Twin Blasphemies)

Nug and Yeb are sons of Shub-Niggurath. (HPL: "Out of the Eaons") They are twins born from her mating with her husband Yog-Sothoth. (HPL: Selected Letters 5.875) They were "spawned on the Doomed nebula of Zlykarior." (Necro. II, ch.2, par.1) According to another account by Eibon, the androgynous Cxaxukluth split in two, becoming male Nug and female Yeb. This minority interpretation may just be a textual gloss attempting to harmonize conflicting information. (EXP: "The Second Epistle of Eibon unto his Disciples, or The Apocalypse of Eibon" [Robert M. Price and Laurence J. Cornford) Nug is the parent of Cthulhu and Yeb is the parent of Tsathoggua (HPL: Selected Letters 4.617) via the influence of Yog-Sothoth. Nug might be known by the name Ptmâk in Hyperborea, as Ptmâk corresponds to the "immediate" parent of Cthulhu. (CIRCLE: letter of Clark Ashton Smith to R.H. Barlow, September 10th, 1935) Dr. Dee calls Nug "Father of Ghouls," a title shared with its spawn Shaurash-Ho. Nug might also be the father of Hastur.