The Elder Things - (Exploring the Cthulhu Mythos)

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Today we take another look at the work of HP Lovecraft with a set of alien species known as the elder things.
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@andrewlevin6331 5 лет назад

They mastered space travel They have a grasp on genetic engineering eons beyond humans They went head to head against The Spawn of Cthulhu and the Great Race of Yith (respectively a race ruled by a god and a race that can travel through time like its nothing) But they have trouble with central heating?

@gabrielmatthewcastillo7021 5 лет назад

@CathayanMagus 4 года назад

I believe I read it somewhere that they have been on Earth for so long that they forgot a lot of their technologies especially on how to space travel so... I guess they forgot how to build structures that have heating? lol. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@hobogod2692 4 года назад

@@CathayanMagus Lovecraft used the word "decadent" very frequently during the Mountains of Madness, he strongly implied that the race degenerated over the millions of years of their history, losing much of their technology and even certain biological functions. Though how this would happen when their species is essentially immortal is beyond me.

@jubalcanales4833 4 года назад

Perhaps similar to the aliens in war of the worlds? So advanced that something stupid kills them? It is funny when you think on it. 😂

@zacharybottoms3968 4 года назад

lol true kinda dumb but the shaggoths is what really got em

@onefeather2 4 года назад

Love these videos of folklore and the history of it. You have a great voice for reading, thank you for posting these.🙂❤❤ Listening to all as the corona virus is giving me time to read and listen, love history. Always light in a dark tunnel.

@AnimeShinigami13 3 года назад

i have a theory that the elder things and shoggoths inspired the Precursors and the Flood from Halo. The precursors had a ton of advanced gene manipulation technology, and the flood are fairly amorphous in form because they're carried in the form of invasive cells that can take the form of different cells in your body, replacing them one by one until you're destroyed, similar to how the shoggoths can change form. The Flood also have a form of collective consciousness called Neurophysics, and the Elder Things used hypnosis and telepathy to control the shoggoths, which meant the shoggoths had to be able to receive those telepathic orders and respond in kind.

@jtk6394 5 лет назад

2:13 I'm pretty sure Lovecraft had schizoid personality disorder. His aversion to sex was less to do with awkwardness than it was to do with a general disinterest in intimacy in general.

@theomnissiah-9120 4 года назад

JTK to quote overlay sarcastic productions “saying lovecraft had issues is inaccurate. It’s more accurate to say lovecraft was a collection of issues in the vague shape of a person”

@kieranmclaughlin264 5 лет назад

*slaps the earth* This bad boy can fit so many goddamn horrors

@lurkingPabs 5 лет назад

*Kills the dinosaurs in the proccess *

@Max_Le_Groom 5 лет назад

Lmao

@Eric_The_Cleric 5 лет назад

Goddamnit *facepalm*

@johntrains1317 5 лет назад

@granddoppelganger7138 5 лет назад

Did you mean tentacles?

@drebeck2542 5 лет назад

Azazthoth has the weirdest dreams

@turdgrimlin4773 5 лет назад

You ever wonder if it is a wet dream?

@triggeredmcshitmypants2760 5 лет назад

Turd Grimlin well that would explain the fascination with water and tentacles...

@mladen7641 5 лет назад

Azatoth is watching hentai

@flamechicken415 5 лет назад

i beg to differ

@mazingdaddid 4 года назад

You thought his dreams were weird a year ago....

@WhyYouMadBoi 5 лет назад

But can NordVPN protect me from the horrors that I can not understand?

@jayriddare1605 5 лет назад

thiS 1s sERi0uS

@dumoulin11 5 лет назад

Right?

@thatoneguy_0218 5 лет назад

Ignorance is bliss

@exceedcharge1 5 лет назад

John Hasben No i dont think it would filter out trumps tweets

@turdgrimlin4773 5 лет назад

No, the FBI dose taht for you

@WhitecollarZombie 5 лет назад

Imagine you wake up on examination table, next to you is another cut open like a fish, maybe even family or a friend. Makes you freak out, maybe even kill these monsters... These hairless apes. Maybe Elder Things aren't that different after all.

@galletaespacial9436 4 года назад

They weren't though, IIRC in the story they were described as "men from another age, but men anyway"

@galletaespacial9436 4 года назад

Hairless ape... Based

@CosmicFaust 5 лет назад

H.P. Lovecraft is to Cosmic Horror what Tolkien is to Epic Fantasy.

@toadallyawful 5 лет назад

Lovecraft isn't bad tho

@chaptermastermoloc4171 5 лет назад

@@toadallyawful so is Tolkien

@cristaniancatembung1160 5 лет назад

Agreed. Both are compelling writers.

@syspreadbury4512 5 лет назад

I have been a fan of tolkein since I was in third grade and read the Hobbit, I'm just now discovering Lovecraft, and while different, I feel they are similar in the fact of their inspiration and influence ,both of theirs, on modern.......well everything, from books to movies to video games. Epic, both authors.

@baconthulu 5 лет назад

I like Bacon

@zvonimirtomac7896 5 лет назад

Lovecraft logic: Need something scary? Just give it tentacles.

@Im-Not-a-Dog 5 лет назад

Zvonimir Tomac and make it from space. Space is important. Earth tentacles aren’t scary enough.

@Im-Not-a-Dog 5 лет назад

Kuchi Kopi “Seafood or hentai” you forgot about the “or both” option. Lol

@mj91212 5 лет назад

Makes sense, he had a phobia of the ocean and all things that dwell there in.

@Breakingbad33 5 лет назад

Zvonimir Tomac Also give it a COLOR UNLIKE ANYTHING SEEN ON EARTH! Whatever that looks like.

@jaketheripper7385 5 лет назад

And make it "unspeakable" and "indescribable" or "unfathomable". And describe their nature and aura as "eldritch".

@Shadamachaeon 2 года назад

In HP Lovecraft 's " Dreams in the Witch House" , it is shown that the Elder Things still currently inhabit other worlds besides Earth.

@sibren9874 5 лет назад

So I'm taller than an Elder Thing? Nice.

@zombyjano 5 лет назад

I find the Elder Things so oddly adorable, and I don't just mean physically. In At the Mountains of Madness I find their behaviour in a way kind of cute in a morbid manner like how they crudely dissect the dog and person either in an act of revenge for one of their own being dissected, or because they're just curious beings due to them being intelligent so wanting to understand how things function. And also when they just ate a bunch of canned food. In general the whole interaction with humans after they woke up was amusing.

@turdgrimlin4773 5 лет назад

F'ing engineers

@Bergensape 5 лет назад

I really like the fact that they are a animal plant hybrid who can create different forms of life forms. They created the shagoths which can change they're bodies to do different tasks, but then on the pinnacle of they're civilization, they lost knowledge, I didn't get why tbh. Is there any story that talks about that? Or it was just the ice age?

@Bergensape 5 лет назад

@Juggled Lotus ohhh you are right! I don't remember it was on "At the mountains of madness" or another story, do you remember? Also, they had a thing with the flying polyps, right?

@Bergensape 5 лет назад

Never mind, the polyps were fighting the great race

@jonileivo1537 5 лет назад

@@Bergensape I think it was more like "degeneration over time" which was a central theme in many of the Lovecraft's works.

@jacobjohnston3983 5 лет назад

Elder things are by far my favorite creatures in lovecraft. They’re the most understandable, since they display intelligence and human-like behavior. I feel like they’re the one thing we could actually coexist with, so long as they don’t try to take over humanity.

@jonileivo1537 5 лет назад

Why Elder Things are actually one of the scariest creatures, is that they seem like relatable. They seem they are similar to humankind but assuming that would be a grave error. The mere physiology is so magnificently alien to us that we could not hope to understand why they are what they are, and do what they do. They are ancient beyond belief and posess technology aeons ahead of us, supposed creators of humankind (as well as most fauna), plant-fungi-animal hybrid thing, communication through (what it seems to humans) "singing", senses beyond our comprehension, and lastly the five lobed structure, including their brains, that make their concept of individual and society totally strange. Don't get fooled or you're done.

@travisbickle3835 Год назад

@@jonileivo1537 and it mentions they can do hypnosyis.

@ErdingerLi 5 лет назад

I believe The Elder Things were an inspiration for the Heptapods in the movie "Arrival"

@Werewolf914 5 лет назад

Wait a second tentacles are kind of like noodles, what God has noodles? The Flying Spaghetti Monster, FSM is one of the Old Ones confirmed.

@HaroldoPinheiro-OK 5 лет назад

Ramen Fhtagn! :V

@jameshayes9322 5 лет назад

its almolst like elron hubbard isnt even that creative

@jonathanklinker5192 5 лет назад

@tomkerruish2982 3 года назад

Are you familiar with flumphs?

@sureshdsouza8767 3 года назад

Soooo i just realized he doesn't exist bob or something just made him also if he was a thing we could know his life in young or something

@gdhdi5339 4 года назад

My first encounter with the elder things was in the Call of Cthulhu adventure 'beyond the mountains of madness'. Presumably it's very much based on that story. My character was defeated by them, horribly.

@fuzzypizza8251 3 года назад

Cuthulu can see my deepest fears but can he see why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?

@michaelgallegos5752 5 лет назад

As usual, top notch story telling and illustrations. You never disappoint. Have already pre ordered your book and look forward to reading it. It's cool and rainy and I can imagine you sharing these stories beside a roaring fire with a hot drink, your choice. .Sincerely.

@kelleyrios5897 2 года назад

This channel is full of information I've never heard before. Keep it up!

@Shaberries 5 лет назад

I have been binge watching your videos! Love your voice =)

@crusade3035 5 лет назад

Ikr!

@sanyashabbag7628 5 лет назад

Listen to him while going to sleep 😍 no more restless sleeping ❤️

@lepotato135 5 лет назад

RIGHT!????

@MythologyFictionExplained 5 лет назад

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@elricengquist9989 5 лет назад

When ever I hear and read about the Elder things I think of the Elder sign an how it might be related to them in some form. like a ancient cease fire agreement, or even a ward/protection developed by them to protect themselves an their allies from other races or the cosmic horrors. The Elder things might be about the only beings strong enough, and old enough that could develop that without being aligned with the Elder gods.

@Valasilphukiir 3 года назад

The Elder Sign is also a 5-pointed star, and the Elder things are 5-pointed everything... My mind is dangerously close to being blown.

@Rhobyn 5 лет назад

I always read Mountains of Madness in a way that all known life on earth evolved from accidental spillage from Shoggoth experimentation, which the Elder Things just didn't care about. Also, sidenote: Giant Penguins are the best lovecraftian monsters prove me wrong.

@Eric_The_Cleric 5 лет назад

I'm running a couple of cosmic horror D&D games and your videos just make it so easy to come up with fun things for my players to handle. Their detail, thoroughness, and your voice have helped me learn so much more about the mythos than what I had thought I would learn. Thanks for all the effort you put in and the research you do to create such good videos! In case it needs to be said again, keep up the good work! :)

@bleach3413 5 лет назад

Respect your Elder things 😂. Sorry my jokes are getting OLD.

@crusade3035 5 лет назад

Lol

@theoutsider1140 5 лет назад

I’ve actually seen a t-shirt in the internet that says ‘Respect your elders’ and shows an illustration of an Elder Thing ! 😂👍🏻

@genghisdon1 5 лет назад

classic, not old

@HaroldoPinheiro-OK 5 лет назад

That joke is an Old One! :V

@turdgrimlin4773 5 лет назад

You are a father, are you not?

@roadsidepeekneek7259 5 лет назад

The elder things show up in the ice level from the game "Eldritch" by MinorKey They're tough and they shoot energy, probably from their advanced weaponry developed in their wars with the star spawn

@Mae_Dastardly 2 года назад

They also makw funny blblbl noises

@FirCorred 5 лет назад

+Mythology & Fiction Explained - hi! Your voice is pleasant, but could you please consider slowing down a bit? Your presentation would gain greatly! thank you

@jackiesantos2121 5 лет назад

I like you talk about dimensional shamblers they are the most mysterious creature in Lovecraft

@Qlipphoth 4 года назад

*Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!* -Some angry Elder Thing after its Shoggoth left some ectoplasmic droppings in the carpet

@elzitcho44 5 лет назад

Yoooo the sacred Jedi texts chilling in the intro there, very nice 😎

@mrmanjumac3454 3 года назад

Lol damn, always have to try and shoehorn some racism thing into HP's cosmic entities that transcend time, space and human comprehension. Always feels like a shallow shot that would never happen without all the manufactured outrage mostly by ppl who dont read lovecraft

@joshuazane3210 5 лет назад

Haha. Throwing shade on Lovecraft's pickup game... Probably accurate, but still hilarious. 😆

@josephgiacobine1069 5 лет назад

I question it; but I've been told with a straight face that: Lovecraft thought he was writting sexually charged RomComs.

@turdgrimlin4773 5 лет назад

I feel H.P.'s pain!

@CS-hu5be 3 года назад

The one thing that was not addressed were the penguins, they are the integral part of the elder things.

@godwantsplastic 5 лет назад

I see a connection between microbial life and his aliens...

@curtcoeurdelion 3 года назад

Fun Fact: the Bible of the Elder Things is called Elder Scroll.

@asaenvolk 5 лет назад

The Elder Things seamed to be a stand in for the English that came over to America, they were fleeing an increasingly industrialized home, they made a world (nation), were beset on many sides by hostile forces, had slaves (who rebelled). In addition, they had some aspects of a human mind set, with curiosity and even did scientific tests in the stories.

@petra8770 5 лет назад

I just realised I am watching your videos for over an year ! I love them ❤️ amazing as always

@SWA81 5 лет назад

These videos get me through my day. Thanks for making and posting them!

@CJ_F0x 5 лет назад

Man, I love the way you explain these creatures and myths. Especially the scary ones. Ever considered voice acting or reading for audio books?

@johntrains1317 5 лет назад

Elder things are more intelligent than humanity. Leaves stone carvings to pass on knowledge

@mslightbulb 5 лет назад

Johnathan. Aviles they are more durable than paper or paintings if they are in the right place. Can last for centuries or even millennia.

@Mitchell4892 5 лет назад

Thanks for doing these! Always so interesting to listen to. You also have a really good voice for radio, totally calming and you pronounce your words very clearly. Thanks again!

@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 5 лет назад

2:16 I like that the Elder Thing is looking into the camera all freaked out as you talk about Lovecraft's views on sexual things and how racist he and the scientific community were in the late 19th century/early 20th century. "...W-weren't we talking about me?"

@berserker_bo 5 лет назад

The Mi-go knocked them down a peg before humans developed, you should cover them somehow. Nice video!

@yt_Ajay_ 4 года назад

4:50 I like how you so casually suggest these guys would bother having any plan for humanity

@skypausebgp2615 5 лет назад

Looks kind of like orgalorg from adventure time...

@cacosyoutubelink 5 лет назад

HP Lovecraft if only he was alive today in memory of HP Lovecraft rip I cri and s should you

@ryankwon8785 10 месяцев назад

In the story, All Tomorrows, the descendants of humanity gradually evolved into a species similar to Elder Things due to alien experimentation.

@UltimateEnd0 3 года назад

It's crazy because these aliens looked and seemed perfectly suited for the much more dense atmosphere. It certainly makes all of these creatures much more real.

@Daniel-jk9te 3 года назад

But can a VPN protect me from my own mortality?

@georgeawwad7878 5 лет назад

Love your vids man

@Rex_W 5 лет назад

I do love the idea of cosmic horror. Hyper intelligent beings with motives we can't understand. That would literally break our brains. One can see several inspirations through video games especially nowadays. From The SoulsBourne universe, to even Warframe. I'd like to see more adaptations in film though

@dgd947a15fl 3 года назад

Whatever you do, don't look up what Lovecraft named his cat.

@vihangahiggoda5101 2 месяца назад

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

@diegos7337 5 лет назад

The Elder things are interestng!

@castorius52 5 лет назад

Azathoth, Yith, and this frickin The Elder Things are amazed me most. love the Cthulhu Mythos 🤙

@sense7074 5 лет назад

Some say kos.... Finish my sentence you nerd

@Eric_The_Cleric 5 лет назад

*Kos, or as some say Kosm. Grant us eyes, GRANT US EYES. Nerd and proud of it.

@sense7074 5 лет назад

Eric Hillmeyer we should start a club

@Eric_The_Cleric 5 лет назад

@@sense7074 The Club of Kos Nerds?

@sense7074 5 лет назад

Eric Hillmeyer I was thinking Byrgenwerth

@Eric_The_Cleric 5 лет назад

@@sense7074 Sure, why not go try to study the horrors that lurk in the shadows? Or the eldritch beings? Or the odd curse that is the blood plague. And drive ourselves mad? I'm in!

@JanusHoW 3 года назад

I wonder what the Elder Things called themselves - there's nothing in any story I've heard of that gives them a name other than "Elder Things". I know the Deep Ones did call themselves Deep Ones based on _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_ while the Yithians from _The Shadow Out of Time_ called themselves the "Great Race", and other Cthulhu Mythos authors dubbed Cthulhu's star spawn either the Cthulhi or Xothians.

@KingNazaru 5 лет назад

You should start exploring Stephen King’s mythos.

@Nobody-11B 4 года назад

That dude is soooo boring. I've been trying to give away his entire library of hardcover books for three years and not one taker. I can't read any of them more than once while H.P interests me decades after my first reading.

@jasonsantos3037 5 лет назад

I think the Migos art of my fair alien race from the lovecraftian

@yaldabaoth2 5 лет назад

I'm playing RimWorld with elder things and other cthulhu based mods. The Elder Things colony next door really likes to trade with my Vampire cabal, me usually buying human chattel and selling Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath. There's a reason I need so many humans. Iä!

@takirosh 5 лет назад

Did not the Elder Things create most life on Earth, like the Dinosaurs or even early Humans?

@greyworld6242 5 лет назад

Do the sunken city.

@LoboPal 5 лет назад

Wouldn't it make more sense that they genetically engineered themselves, since they have technology, but don't actually need it? The majority of tech advancements are to satisfy needs, so it makes sense to me that they'd be more of leftovers, like the telegraph.

@Im-Not-a-Dog 5 лет назад

They’re like giant cnidarians. In the lovecraft mythos, is it possible that starfish and anemone evolved from these?

@vampyruslupus9950 5 лет назад

possible but unlikely. The tekeli-li arrived on Pangea before life evolved and disappeared almost as soon as the Ice Age hit, and starfish have been found as early as the ordivician period. The timeline just doesnt add up. Now if some environmental factors had prevented some spores from fully developing, causing them to be stuck and a starfish-like larval stage, then i suppose the theory could hold water. but again, very unlikely

@Im-Not-a-Dog 5 лет назад

Vampyrus Lupus Thank you for the answer. I don’t exactly know what the timeline is for the Lovecraftian stuff so that really helped.

@vampyruslupus9950 5 лет назад

@@Im-Not-a-Dog no problem bro. im always interested in discussing Lovecraftian theories

@madmachanicest9955 5 лет назад

I think the elder things are the most realiest design for a Alain life form any one has ever come up with.

@FrostMort 5 лет назад

I don't understand why the ice age could make them to hibernate, but the cold of space did nothing to them.

@Eric_The_Cleric 5 лет назад

Might have had something to do with the rapid decline in temps that they may not have prepared for. Also, didn't they hibernate while floating through space Master Chief style? Or am I misinformed?