Illusions inom Cthulhu Mythos

Nyarlathotep tar många olika former, både i Lovecrafts berättelser och i "Cthulhu Mythos" berättelser av andra författare, se tabellen här . Inte säker på om han kunde sägas att illusioner skulle "ensnare", även om det i Lovecrafts ursprungliga Nyarlathotep prosa dikt där karaktären först uppträdde verkar alla konstigt drabbas av offentliga utställningar som han skulle ge, vilket tycktes innebära mystiska hypnotiska bilder som framgår av nedanstående avsnitt:

I remember when Nyarlathotep came to my city—the great, the old, the terrible city of unnumbered crimes. My friend had told me of him, and of the impelling fascination and allurement of his revelations, and I burned with eagerness to explore his uttermost mysteries. My friend said they were horrible and impressive beyond my most fevered imaginings; that what was thrown on a screen in the darkened room prophesied things none but Nyarlathotep dared prophesy, and that in the sputter of his sparks there was taken from men that which had never been taken before yet which shewed only in the eyes. And I heard it hinted abroad that those who knew Nyarlathotep looked on sights which others saw not.

It was in the hot autumn that I went through the night with the restless crowds to see Nyarlathotep; through the stifling night and up the endless stairs into the choking room. And shadowed on a screen, I saw hooded forms amidst ruins, and yellow evil faces peering from behind fallen monuments. And I saw the world battling against blackness; against the waves of destruction from ultimate space; whirling, churning; struggling around the dimming, cooling sun.