Hastur the Unspeakable is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos. Although the being is associated with H. P. Lovecraft, it is only mentioned in one of his stories, The Whisperer in Darkness. It was originally the creation of Ambrose Bierce, whose short story "Haïta the Shepherd" describes...

Hastur is the name of a hunter in the video game Identity V who is also known as The Feaster and The King in Yellow. Hastur also appears as a character in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Feb 13, 2014 · Hastur is a stolen entity, and was originally a fairly benign god for shepherds created by Ambrose Bierce. About the only place that Hastur gets mentioned in Lovecraft is in The Whisperer in Darkness:

Hastur, also known as the King in Yellow, is one of the many Great Old Ones and Cthulhu Mythos deities, acting as one of the most mysterious of Lovecraftian gods. First appearing in Ambrose Bierce's Haita the Shepherd, the god has been stated …

Hastur (The Unspeakable One, He Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, or Kaiwan) is a being usually referred to as part of The Cthulhu Mythos. Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce 's short story Haïta the Shepherd (first published 1891) as a benign god of shepherds.

Derleth reimagined Hastur as one of the Great Old Ones, tying it to Lovecraft’s pantheon of cosmic entities. Hastur became a half-brother to Cthulhu and a figure associated with madness, decay, and forbidden knowledge. Derleth’s interpretation gave Hastur a more defined identity, but this also sparked debates among fans.

Mar 2, 2022 · Hastur's earliest depiction was as a god of shepherds. He then came to be intertwined with the King in Yellow and represent ennui and dissolution. Derleth has him as a cosmic rival to Cthulhu.

Jan 5, 2024 · Hastur is an insanely cool Lovecraftian horror, as well as terrifying. Wherever he goes madness soon follows and based on the existing illustrations of him, anyone could understand why just by how he looks.

Hastur is an air elemental [Beyond2, Dweller], one of the leaders of the forces of air [Sandwin], one of the Lords of Air [Sky]. Father Brisbois seems to imply that Hastur is superior to other air elementals such as the Wind-Walker and Ithaqua, and subdued them to his will [Ithaqua]. Hastur is of the interplanetary spaces [Seal (online text)].

Hastur (The Unspeakable One, Him Who Is Not to be Named, The King in Yellow, Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, or Kaiwan) is an entity of the Cthulhu Mythos. Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce's short story "Haita the Shepherd" (1893) as a benign god of shepherds.