Yig, the Father of Serpents, is a fictional deity introduced in the H. P. Lovecraft revision story "The Curse of Yig". He is introduced as "the snake-god of the central plains tribes," and "a shunned and feared object in central Oklahoma."

In 1889, a couple arriving in Oklahoma learn about local legends of a "snake god" called Yig. According to the legends, Yig takes vengeance on anyone who kills a serpent, either by killing them or turning them into a half-snake monster.

Yig, also known as The Father of Serpents or The Snake-God, is a Great Old One which appears in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Manifesting as a gigantic snake with the arms of a man, or sometimes a reptilian humanoid creature, Yig is considered to …

Based in Oklahoma around 1889, a newly arrived couple learn about the local legends surrounding a "Snake God", Yig, who takes vengeance on anyone who kills a serpent by killing them or turning them into a half-snake monster. The husband has a snake phobia, which isn't helped by the wife disturbing a nest of rattlesnakes.

Yig's true form is that of a scaled monstrous humanoid with a snake's tail and head, and he can also appear as a snake with a crescent mark upon the brow. In his true form, Yig stands 14 feet tall and weighs 1,100 pounds. 12.

Yig was the snake-god of the central plains tribes, presumably the primal source of the more southerly Quetzalcoatl and Kukulcan. Yig is said to be half-anthropormorphic, appearing like a man unless viewed closely. His character is arbitrary and capricious.

It seems that Yig, the snake-god of the central plains tribes—presumably the primal source of the more southerly Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan—was an odd, half-anthropomorphic devil of highly arbitrary and capricious nature.

Apr 26, 2014 · One thing about Yig's "snake god" to keep in mind: a subtheme that runs throughout the mythos (in Lovecraft's, but mostly in others' contributions), is the frightening idea that the origins of all earthly things (incl. humans, snakes, and …

Yig, also known as Father of Serpents, is one of the Great Old Ones created by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop. Unlike some other Great Old Ones, like Cthulhu or Hastur, Yig appears to be comprehensible to humanity. He serves as the God of all snakes, who are said to be his children.

The Progeny of Yig, a.k.a. Spawn of Yig, are half-human, half-snake hybrid creatures that result from the curse of the snake-god Yig: either the humans turned into snakes for offending Yig, or else the offspring of such humans.