The Black Man

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avatar demonic figure fictional entity mythos entity supernatural being

The Black Man is a sinister, possibly demonic figure associated with witchcraft and forbidden pacts in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avatar ⓘ
demonic figure ⓘ
fictional entity ⓘ
mythos entity ⓘ
supernatural being ⓘ
alignment malevolent ⓘ
appearsIn The Dreams in the Witch House NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith blasphemous rites ⓘ
covenants with witches ⓘ
forbidden pacts ⓘ
ritual sacrifice ⓘ
sabbaths ⓘ
witchcraft ⓘ
connectedTo New England witch legends ⓘ
Witch House NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance The Dreams in the Witch House NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceAuthor H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1933 ⓘ
genre cosmic horror ⓘ
hasAlias Nyarlathotep NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain occult practices ⓘ
witch cults ⓘ
inspiredBy European witchcraft folklore ⓘ
the Devil in witchcraft traditions ⓘ
isAvatarOf Nyarlathotep NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
literaryTradition weird fiction ⓘ
morality evil ⓘ
narrativeFunction agent of cosmic entities ⓘ
embodiment of forbidden knowledge ⓘ
powers granting occult knowledge ⓘ
making pacts ⓘ
sorcery ⓘ
supernatural influence ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
relatedConcept demonic pact ⓘ
sabbatic Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ
witch’s familiar ⓘ
roleInStory patron of witchcraft ⓘ
receiver of pacts ⓘ
tempter of witches ⓘ
species Outer God avatar ⓘ
typicalAppearance dark-skinned man ⓘ
human-like figure ⓘ
wears old-fashioned clothing ⓘ

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