Often portrayed as a messenger or representative of the collective will of the Old Ones, Nyarlathotep makes more personal appearances than most of the other beings in the Cthulhu Mythos. Nyarlathotep is featured in Derleth's The Dweller in Darkness, among others. Nyarlathotep is generally considered to be more active than the other Old Ones, and its motivation is generally more intelligible and anthropomorphic than the other Old Ones.
Nyarlathotep is variously described as nearly human in appearance or an amorphous shifting cloud of inky blackness. Nyarlathotep is a fictional creature with malevolent intent it is frequently referred to as the Crawling Chaos and its identity is occasionally conflated with that of other Old Ones. Cthulhu is significant for lending its name to the entire sub-genre as well as for becoming a sort of pop culture icon. Cthulhu is most-fully described in The Call of Cthulhu the name is spelled in alternate ways in some of the other stories in the collection. Its hands are described either as claws or possessed of long talons. Cthulhu, one of the Old Ones, is generally described as having an octopoid head atom a grotesque and scaled humanoid body with rudimentary wings. Lovecraft and has since been featured in the writings of numerous authors. Cthulhu is a fictional creature of enormous size and malevolent intent.
