Gol-Goroth (Earth-616)

Gol-Goroth
Name	Gol-Goroth
Aliases	The Dark God, the God of darkness, Gol-Gorth (misspelled, see notes)
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Old Ones
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Dark god; Great or Lesser Old One
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Occupation	God of darkness in Bal-Sagoth
Base of Operations	Worshiped in Bal-Sagoth
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas
First	Conan the Barbarian #17 (May, 1972) (Mentioned) Conan the Barbarian #18 (June, 1972)
First	Conan the Barbarian #17 (May, 1972) (Mentioned) Conan the Barbarian #18 (June, 1972)

History

Origins

Gol-Goroth was either a Great or a Lesser Old One.

Hyborian Age

Gol-Goroth was the god of darkness in Bal-Sagoth.

Kyrie, worshiped as sea-goddess Aala, once forbade the people to worship his image. She had her men to destroy it, in vain, so she bolted the doors of his temple.

According to Kyrie, high priest of Bal-Sagoth and Gol-Goroth priest Gothan, after having exiled her, presumably reopened the temple and slew Aala's priests on its altars.

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Gol-Goroth was also invoked as part of invocations and spells:

• The sorcerer Costranno intended to sacrifice Berthilda the Brythunian to Gol-Goroth and Yog-Sothoth ("and all the fiends of the dark"), but was stopped by Conan and Red Sonja.
• His name was one of many invoked by Dharmi Shan.

Notes

• Gol-goroth was created by Robert E. Howard in his Conan story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" (1931, adapted by Marvel Comics in Conan the Barbarian #17-18, August and September 1972), and incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos by Lin Carter.
  • It is possibly the same being as Golgor, created by REH in his Solomon Kane story "The Moon of Skulls (first published in Weird Tales, June-July 1930; adapted in Savage Sword of Conan #34, 37 and 39, October, 1978, and February and April, 1979).
• Gol-Goroth's first reference in Marvel Comics was erroneously stated in the Demons' entry of the Marvel Zombies: The Book of Angels, Demons & Various Monstrosities #1 (September, 2007) to occur in Savage Sword of Conan #1 (August, 1974) (where he was indeed referenced in the story "Curse of the Undead-Man"). The earliest reference occurred (August, 1972), while the first appearance occured in Conan the Barbarian #18 (September, 1972).
  • In Conan the Barbarian #17, he was mentioned as "Gol-Gorth", which was corrected in "Gol-Goroth" in the reprint in Savage Sword of Conan #13 (August, 1976).

See Also

• 2 mention(s) of Gol-Goroth (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Gol-Goroth (Earth-616)
• 2 invocation(s) of Gol-Goroth (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Gol-goroth at the H.P. Lovecraft Wiki