The following is a list of the descendants of the Outer God Azathoth.
Lovecraft's 1933 familly tree[1]
Azathoth / ___________________________/__________________________________ / / / Nyarlathotep The Nameless Mist Darkness (The ancient patrician / / gens Viburnia of Haec / / RESPVLICA.ROMANA) Yog-Sothoth------------+---------Shub-Niggurath / / / ____________/___________________ L. Viburnius Marco / / / Nug Yeb / / / P. Viburnius Marco / / Legatus of Legio 11., Cthulhu* Tsathoggua* station'd at Isca Silurum, / / in Britannia Secunda / / in A. D. 103 Shaurash-ho Yabou / / / / / / / Yogash the Ghoul Nush the Eternal / / / / / / / K'baa the Serpent Gilles Grenier, / / Lord of Averoigne / ** / / Viburnia-----------+-----------Ghoth the Burrower / / (one of the Little People) Hippolyte Le Sorcier, / ancestor of Llunwy of Wales Clark Ashton Smith ancestor of Owen Gwynedd and of H.P.L. * First of their respective lines to inhabit this planet. ** This union was an hellish and nameless tragedy.
Smith's 1934 family tree
"Genealogical Chart of the Elder Gods" answer to Barlow's now missing style sheet (narratively based on the Parchments of Pnom, the chief Hyperborean genealogist as well as a noted prophet):[2]
Azathoth Ycnagnnisssz (reproduced by fission) (fissionary being from | the dark star Zoth) | \ Cxaxukluth \ (androgyne) \ / | \ \ / | \ \ Tulu | Ghizguth-----------+-----------Zstulzhemgni | (male) / (female) | / | / Hzioulquoigmnzhah Tsathoggua--------+--------Shathak (male) | | Zvilpogghua | | Sfatlicllp (daughter who mated with Voormi) | | Knygathin Zhaum (peopled Commoriom by fission after the human residents had left)
Outline Descendant Report for Azathoth[3]
1 Azathoth ..... 2 Nameless Mist ........ 3 Yog-Sothoth b: Outer Planes ........... 4 Cthulhu b: Vhoorl, 23rd nebula, d: Unknown in R'lyeh ........... + Idh-yaa b: Xoth, m: Xoth .............. 5 Ghatanothoa b: Xoth .............. 5 Ythogtha b: Xoth .............. 5 Zoth-Ommog b: Xoth, d: Unknown in R'lyeh .............. 5 Cthylla b: Xoth ........... + Kassogtha .............. 5 Nctosa .............. 5 Ncothullu ........... + Nyarlathotep .............. 5 Ilyth'la ........... 4 Kassogtha ........... + Cthulhu b: Vhoorl, 23rd nebula, d: Unknown in R'lyeh .............. 5 Nctosa .............. 5 Ncothullu ........... 4 Hastur the Unspeakable ........... + Shub-Niggurath b: Shumath-Ghun, Black Nebula .............. 5 Thousand Young ........... 4 Vulthoom ........ + Shub-Niggurath b: Shumath-Ghun, Black Nebula ........... 4 Nug ........... 4 Yeb of the Whispering Mists ........ + Lavinia Whately b: 1878, m: Oct 31, 1912 in Sentinel Hill, d: Abt. Oct 31, 1926 ........... 4 Wilbur Whately b: Feb 02, 1913 in Dunwich, Massachusetts, USA, d: Aug 03, 1928 in Miskatonic University ........... 4 ? Sothoth b: Feb 02, 1913 in Dunwich, Massachusetts, USA, d: Sep 17, 1928 in Sentinel Hill ..... 2 The Darkness ........ 3 Shub-Niggurath b: Shumath-Ghun, Black Nebula ........ + Yog-Sothoth b: Outer Planes ........... 4 Nug ........... 4 Yeb of the Whispering Mists ........ + Hastur the Unspeakable ........... 4 Thousand Young ........... 4 Dark Young ..... 2 Cxaxukluth ........ 3 Hziulquoigmnzhah ........ 3 Ghisguth ........ + Zstylzhemghi b: Zoth ........... 4 Tsathoggua b: Zoth ........... + Shathak .............. 5 Ossadagowah b: Yaksh ................. 6 Sfatlicllp ................. + Voormi .................... 7 Knygathin Zhaum b: Hyperborea .............. 5 Voorm .............. + Sfatlicllp ................. 6 Knygathin Zhaum b: Hyperborea ........... + Serpent Person .............. 5 Kzadool-Ra d: Unknown
Behind the Mythos
Gilles Grenier, Lord of Averoigne, is clearly inspired from Gilles de Rais and Jean Grenier, the French werewolf.