Nyarlathotep

Nyarlathotep
Cthulhu Mythos character
Nyarlathotep, described as the Black Man in H. P. Lovecraft's story "The Dreams in the Witch House".
First appearance	"Nyarlathotep"
Created by	H. P. Lovecraft
In-universe information
Species	Outer God
Title	Crawling Chaos God of a Thousand Forms Stalker among the Stars Black Pharaoh Faceless God Soul and Messenger of the Other Gods
Family	Azathoth (father) Nameless Mist (sibling) Darkness (sibling)

Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem "Nyarlathotep", he was later mentioned in other works by Lovecraft and by other writers. Later, writers describe him as one of the Other Gods, an alien pantheon.