Yaghuth
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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.[citation needed]
[edit] Sources
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- The Book of Idols (Kitab Al-Asnam) by Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi: Yaghuth