We’re back and we’re poking around this here abyss. Someone told us we could find Nodens down here. It’s not pleasant work looking for him, however. The cold has left us quite hoary and there are endless bloody nightgaunts flapping around and getting in the way. Maybe we should have checked that other site on the Welsh border instead. Oh well. We’ll just have to write our complaints on some lead tablets and toss them into the deep. We’re sure Nodens has nothing better to do than read them. Main Topic: Nodens This is the latest instalment in our ongoing series about the deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. Previous subjects include Dagon, Shub-Niggurath, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep and Azathoth. This time, we’re delving deep into the abyss to learn about hoary Nodens, charting his progress from obscure Celtic deity to the public face of the Elder Gods. Once again, the lockdown means we recorded this episode remotely. We think we’re getting the hang of this. Links Things we mention in this episode include: Nodens in Myth * The Nodens Sandwich Shop* Nodens* Dagon, Bast(et) and Hypnos* Lydney Park* “The Great God Pan” by Arthur Machen* Roman curse tablets* Incubatio* Cthulhu Invictus * Creator of Middle-Earth documentary* JRR Tolkein’s 1932 essay, “The Name Nodens”* Nuadu* Corum series by Michael Moorcock* The Hand and Eye of Vecna* Celtic Folklore by John Rhys* Ludgate* Gwynn ap Nudd* Tylwyth Teg* The Wild Hunt* Crypt of Cthulhu issue 87 Nodens in Lovecraft * “The Strange High House in the Mist” by HP Lovecraft* The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by HP Lovecraft*