Gnophkeh
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The Gnophkehs are a fictional race in the Cthulhu Mythos. They are hairy cannibals who once lived in the land of Lomar before it was invaded by people from Zobna. Gnoph-keh (note the hyphen) refers to a fictional species of non-humans that once dwelt in Hyperborea (present-day Greenland).
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[edit] Gnoph-keh
The Gnoph-keh are hairy entities, with an affinity for cold, ice and snow. Artwork portrays them as similar to very large six-legged polar bears, with a narwhal-like horn.
[edit] Characteristics
- Horned
- Hairy
- Controls temperature
- Violent
- The Hyperboreans knew how to summon them.
[edit] Gnoph-Keh
Gnoph-Keh is the name given to a single, exceptionally large member of the Gnoph-keh, possibly spawned by Aphoom-Zhah. This being may have procreated the Gnoph-keh race. He currently lies entombed in ice below Hyperborea.
[edit] References
- Cornford, Laurence J. A Hyperborean Glossary, G-L. The Eldritch Dark. Retrieved on July 30, 2005.
- Harms, Daniel (1998). "Gnoph-keh", The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, 2nd ed., Oakland, CA: Chaosium, p. 122. ISBN 1-56882-119-0.
- —"Gnophkehs", pp. 122–123, ibid.
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