Great Race of Yith
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The Great Race of Yith is a time-traveling, mind-transferring alien species from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, known for projecting their consciousness across space and time to inhabit other beings’ bodies and amass vast historical knowledge.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lovecraftian entity
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fictional alien species ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Shadow Out of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyForm | cone-shaped body with multiple appendages ⓘ |
| builds | cyclopean stone structures ⓘ |
| category |
Entities in the Cthulhu Mythos
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Fictional extraterrestrial species ⓘ Fictional telepaths ⓘ Fictional time travelers ⓘ |
| causes | Peaslee's amnesia and personality change ⓘ |
| collects | records of all contacted species ⓘ |
| communicatesWith | captured minds in their libraries ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fears |
Great Old Ones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cosmic disasters ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1936 ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
inhabit other beings' bodies
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precognition of future events ⓘ project consciousness across space ⓘ telepathic communication ⓘ time travel via mind transfer ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
emotionally detached
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highly intelligent ⓘ non-human psychology ⓘ obsessed with knowledge ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
amass historical and scientific knowledge
ⓘ
preserve their civilization from cosmic catastrophes ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Yithian language (written and spoken) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLifespan | millions of years as a civilization ⓘ |
| hasLimb |
clawed arms
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trumpet-like head appendage ⓘ |
| hasSourceWork | Weird Tales (original publication venue of The Shadow Out of Time) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | Pnakotus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeTimePeriod | late Paleozoic era ⓘ |
| influences |
cosmic horror fiction
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later Cthulhu Mythos authors ⓘ |
| inhabits | prehistoric Earth ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Australia (in The Shadow Out of Time) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migratesTo | bodies of a future beetle-like species ⓘ |
| partOf | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performsOn | Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plansTo | abandon their current bodies when threatened ⓘ |
| restores | original minds to their bodies after study ⓘ |
| storesIn | vast library archives ⓘ |
| studies |
alien civilizations across time
ⓘ
human history ⓘ |
| uses | advanced mathematics and science ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
mind-transfer machines
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recording devices for mental impressions ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.