What is "azathoth"

Azathoth is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of writer H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. He is the ruler of the Outer Gods.

"Azathoth" is the beginning of a never-completed novel written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in June 1922 and published as a fragment in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. It is the first piece of fiction to mention the fictional being Azathoth, one of the major entities in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, though the entity only appears in the title.

Azathoth may refer to:

• Azathoth, the Lovecraftian Outer God ruler
  • Azathoth (short story), the short story in which he first appears
• Azathoth (geometry), also known as the great retrosnub icosidodecahedron