When was the story by Lovecraft that the Xothic legend cycle is based on first published?
Xothic legend cycle The Xothic legend cycle is a series of short stories by Lin Carter that are based on the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, primarily on Lovecraft's stories "The Call of Cthulhu" and "Out of the Aeons".
Yig Yig (the Father of Serpents) is a deity in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. He first appeared in the story "The Curse of Yig", which was created by Zealia Bishop and almost completely rewritten by Lovecraft. In this story he is described as "shapen like a man, except ye look at him clost." According to Lovecraft, one of Yig's main characteristics is his devotion to snakes - his "children" - he punishes those that harm them by turning them into spotted snakes.