Mythos Entities and Religion The most consistent quality among Mythos religions wisdom beyond normal mortals, but also because many is that they are, at their core, materialistic Cthulhu is ghouls were former Black Goat cultists who carried worshiped not for his greatness and glory, but because their lusts and gluttony too far Ghouls also provide the when he returns to power, his worshipers will be able added convenience of disposing of the evidence when to kill and take joy as they please The King in Yellow sacrifices need to be carried out provides his cultists with wisdom and emotions beyond the ken of normal folk Nyarlathotep inspires endless indulgence and appeals to cultists’ greed and base desires Nowhere is this more obvious than among the aberrations and outsiders who serve the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods In almost every case, they worship these powerful entities because they were made to or because they receive specific blessings from them Almost all Great Old Ones and Outer Gods are crassly materialistic themselves in terms of the rewards they bestow upon worshipers No heaven or afterlife is offered, but rather treasure, magical power, and wisdom Perhaps the Great Old Ones envy more conventional gods, who are served with true love and self-sacrificing service Who can say? Deep Ones The alien mi-go typically serve Shub-Niggurath and foster its worship through cults As fungus organisms, fertility and growth are obviously central to their existence, and Shub-Niggurath’s fecund nature helps bolster them The mi-go frequently try to recruit humans to help them on a planetary surface, and a cult structure helps to control the human activities Though they sometimes serve as priests, the mi-go work with the cult of Shub-Niggurath more out of necessity than out of great loyalty The mi-go often cross paths with followers of other Outer Gods and Great Old Ones To the migo, Cthulhu’s entire race is just another deep-space rival They have fought wars against Cthulhu and his starspawn in the past Cthulhu’s cults rarely work for the mi-go because of these past conflicts, and the ultimate As genetic constructs of Cthulhu himself, the deep goal of the Cthulhu cult is at odds with the mi-go’s ones are hard-wired to serve the starspawn They purposes The Yellow Sign cult, though occasionally not “worship” Cthulhu so much as they are part of the useful, is generally too solipsistic and treacherous The cult’s essential infrastructure The sub-cults of Dagon cult of the Goat is all about taking wisdom, giving in and Hydra are designed to increase the deep ones’ to lusts, and seeking rewards where one can; the mi-go population and “footprint” on the surface world, thus can readily exploit these tendencies extending Cthulhu’s reach by proxy Mythos Ghouls Mythos ghouls owe homage to no deity as a matter of course, but they are happy to participate in ceremonies in exchange for services rendered For example, the Black Goat Cult frequently includes ghouls as participants in its rites, not just because the ghouls have 198 The Fungi from Yuggoth The Elder Things and the Great Race of Yith The elder things and other powerful species known within the Mythos framework almost always get by without any kind of religious expression The yithians are far more likely to treat cults of Nyarlathotep,