Kthanid is supposedly responsible for the Great Old Ones' fear of the Elder Sign by burying it in their subconscious. Apparently, the stones were used as charms by the attackers, to repel the Deep Ones and prevent them from defending their hybrid brethren. In 1838, stones marked with this sign were found after a group of islanders exterminated the Deep One hybrids of Walakea's island. The Old Ones' sign used to defeat the Deep Ones resembled a swastika. Clarendon himself also made "a curious sign in the air with his extended forefinger" after reminiscing of how he once heard a man in China summoning Yog-Sothoth. Clarendon's anger after losing his position as medical director, "made an elder sign that no book of history records". ( HPL: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath) Based on Lovecraft's original letters and work it is worth observing that Lovecraft himself at times seemed to consider the sign a hand gesture.Ī farmer and his wife "make the Elder Sign" when questioned about the Great Ones by Randolph Carter, and rather than giving any information briefly indicate the way to the town of Ulthar. It is engraved on most of the sealed doors in R'lyeh. The Elder Sign is a symbol that is used to protect against the Great Old Ones/ Outer Gods, who seem to fear it.
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