Zvilpogghua, also Ossadagiwah, Zvilpoggua, The Star Beast or The Feaster from the Stars, is a Great Old One who features in H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
Description[]
Zvilpogghua most often assumes the form of a colossal bipedal toad, lacking in arms but possessed of a pair of leathery wings. It is also said to have a long neck and a face covered in thick, grasping tentacles. The occult volume “Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in no Humane Shape” makes mention of this dire entity.
Avatar[]
Known by the name of Ossadagiwah to prehistoric Native Americans, Zvilpogghua is capable of manifesting an avatar known as The Star Beast, which was occasionally summoned by these peoples. However, this was only done in times of direst need as, once summoned, the beast would only return to the heavens when it so chose. What form this avatar assumed is unknown.
History[]
Believed to have been spawned on the planet Yaksh to the Great Old Ones Tsathoggua and Shathak, Zvilpogghua now resides on the planet Yrautram, a world which orbits the star Algol in the constellation of Perseus.
Family[]
- Cxaxukluth, great-grandsire.
- Tsathoggua, “father.”
- Shathak, “mother.”
- Unnamed Voormi, mate
- Sfatlicllp, offspring
Appearances[]
- The Lurker at the Threshold (1945), by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth.