Yaghuth

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Myths of the Fertile Crescent
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Mesopotamian mythology
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Yaghūth (Arabic "He Helps" يَغُوثَ) is an idol referred to in the Qur'an (71:23) as a god of the era of the Prophet Noah.

The name may be the source of H. P. Lovecraft's Yuggoth.

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Encyclopedia Mythica