Glossary:Fhtagn

Fhtagn

Fhtagn (and its multiple variant spellings) is a word with various uses:

• It is a word involved in unholy sentences and spells.
  • Notably it is included in variations of the sentence "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn", about slumbering elder gods or their servants:
    • In a possible future of Conan, the sentence "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Ctulhu R'lyeh wgah-ngal fhtaga!" was chanted by the men of sea when they called for their god Dagon.
    • A shortened version of the chant is also known, comprised simply of the sentence "Cthulhu fhtagn".
    • Around the Hell-Carrier, a message in a bioelectric frequency repeated over and over "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Totaro Samebito wgah'nagl fhtagn", translated as "In their dread house the warriors of the King of Darkness wait dreaming."
    • The sentence "Ph'nglui mglw'naft Chthon K'lay wgah'nagl fhtagn" was one verse of the Darkhold, used by Carnage to awaken Chthon.
  • In a spells:
    • to resurrect the people of Vliet, Netherlands, the incantation ended as such: "...Shuma-Gorath Ghaszaszh Nyirh Fhtagn!". As the portal remained open, and the spell caster was slain, Shuma-Gorath appeared and uttered "Shuma-Gorath Fhtagn!".
    • In a possession spell, "Yog-Sokot Al Yith Shigguraub Necronomicon De Vermis Mysterius La Lloigoroth Ftnaghn Nigi Wotanus Eriskigel Etrigaan Amon Vaalthazor".
  • On a map leading to the Chthonic Island was annotated as "Ftagn Chthon" or "F'tagn Chthon".
• In the Cancerverse, realm of the Many-Angled Ones (another name of the Old Ones), as well as by Many-Angled Ones's ally and servitor Magus, many alternative spellings were used, including:
  • • on its own, including seemingly used as stand-in for the word "f*@k", and as part of short invocations and exclamations including other words, some names.
    • After Reed Richards succumbed to the promises of the Many-Angled Ones, the Fantastic Four became the Ftaghn Four.
  • "Fthaghn" was seemingly used as stand-in for the adjective "f*@king".<
• The Fhtagn are extradimensional eldritch creatures feeding on evil.

Notes

• The word "fhtagn" in "R'lyehian" (sometimes called "Cthuvian") was created, as part of the sentence "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn", by H. P. Lovecraft in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in Weird Tales (June, 1928).
  • The word means "waits", "dreams", or "sleeps".
• The word was used in Marvel Comics in its original spelling, "fhtagn", but also in alternative spellings:
  • "Fhtaga",
  • "Ftagn" or "F'tagn",
  • "'Ftaghn",
  • "Fthaghn",
  • "Ftnaghn".

Links and References

• Fhtagn at the Urban Dictionary

Footnotes