The Songs of Yig Cthulhu Mythos Poetry of Yig by POETS from ALLPOETS, and EDITED by ALLEN MACKEY
Editor's Note: Yi, of !o"rse, is one of of t#e $reat O%d Ones !reated !reated by #orror &riter ( P( Lo)e!raft in a #ost*&ritten ta%e for +e%ia is#o!a%%ed .T#e C"rse of Yi. and -"b%is#ed in Weird Tales in Tales in No)ember, /010( Yi is t#e 2at#er of Ser-ents Ser-ents and I re!ent%y re!ent%y fo"nd t#e fo%%o&in fo%%o&in -oems -oems dedi!at dedi!ated ed to im on t#e &ebsit &ebsite e A%%-oetr A%%-oetry( y( So #ere #ere is t#is "na"t#ori3ed !o%%e!tion of )erses( T#e term erm .Yii iian. &as firs irst "sed by an a"t#or named .En"mbisa. &#o may or may not be 4ames Cam-be%% in The Book of Azag-Thoth( Azag-Thoth( It seems seems to be "sed as a ro"ro"- term for for t#e C#i%dren C#i%dren of Yi( 5An e6tra %etter .. &as added for distin!ti)e sty%e(7 Yior"m is anot# anot#er er name name for for t#e t#e C#i% C#i%dr dren en of Yi, Yi, one one firs firstt "sed "sed by Mar) Mar)e% e% Comi!s(
INT8OD9CTION: .TE SON$S O2 YI$. T#is is a brief !o%%e!tion of a%% t#e YI$*re%ated )erses t#at !an no& be fo"nd on t#e t#e e)er*e6-andin &ebsite A%%-oetry( A%%-oetry( 2rom a%% stri-es and #"es #ad !ome t#e O-#idians &it# t#eir reso"ndin Sons of Praise and Terror EA8 TESE ;O8DS( And, sad%y, I !annot -ro-er%y !redit most of t#ese -oets from A%%-oetry d"e to t#e fa!t t#at most "se -se"donyms( T#ere is one notab%e e6!e-tion #o&e)er: #o&e)er: T#e son %yri!s %yri!s by t#e meta% band $;A8 $;A8
for t#e son .orror of Yi., &#i!# is a%so in!%"ded in t#is sma%% !o%%e!tion of Yiian
Tab%e Of Contents:
Editor's Note by A%%en Ma!=ey Introd"!tion: .T#e Sons of Yi. by A%%en Ma!=ey T#e Ser-ent Men by Mad Poet T#e Sa!red Ser-ents by Mad Poet Le Ser-ent by No!tifer#oyteT#e Prote!ti)e Cir!%e by Yid#ra T#e Dream*Ser-ent by Mad Poet T#e Draon ;arriors of Yi by Mad Poet Yi, T#e Dead%y Sna=e by Ys#ot#a Yot# by Mad Poet S'lithik Hhai: X'hyl the Apothecary by Sicky666
After t#e $o%den Ae by Mad Poet T#e 8in of 2i)e Draons by Dar=>"een?? 2ans of Yi by A%%en Ma!=ey orror of Yi 5%yri!s7 by $;A8 Yi and Yo by C%i)e %a=e After&ord: .Sna=e*Eyes.
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T#e Ser-ent Men by Mad Poet T#e %eendary Ser-ent Men, ;#o r"%ed t#is Eart# before o"r rise(
And in t#ese days, t#ey a%% )anis#ed( So reat a fa%% to so mi#ty a ra!e And &#i!# reminds me of t#e beins of Mnar, ;#o &ere dri)en off, -"s#ed into t#e La=e(
A man's ear%y mastery@ Of t#e arts of &arfare, Dotin "-on o"r an!estors C%eanin fair y-erborea(
T#e breed of &a%=in ser-ents Did brin abo"t t#eir doom@ y t#e -ra!ti!e of sor!eries A%!#emies, "n%eas#in dread -o&ers(
It &as t#e s#iftin of t#e reat S"n T#at robbed t#e ser-ents of #eat Eibon of M#" T#"%an(
Li=e "nto t#e O"roboros, T#e mo"t# sei3et# "-on t#e tai%@ Dominatin t#e &#o%e dis= of Eart#(
T#e Sa!red Ser-ents by Mad Poet T#e !#i%dren of Yi, T#e Sa!red Ser-ents@ Lo!a% )enomo"s s-e!ies, ;#ite !res!ents on t#eir #ead(
Anti*)enom does not e6ist, 2or a sa!red sna=e of Yi(
Le Ser-ent by No!tifer#oyteT#e sands of Time &i%% a%&ays sin=@ T#e Ser-ent is t#e !oi%ed tr"t#@ 2ear not for #ono"r, %o)e, or -ain(
ri#t memories bein to b%in=, Sin!e not aain &i%% ye #a)e yo"t# T#e sands of Time &i%% a%&ays sin=(
Let %essons, %onins, &ane or &in= * 8eret t#em not, remain a%oof@ 2ear not for #ono"r, %o)e, or -ain(
T#e -"r-ose of yo"r -ainBs to t#in=: To see= f"%fi%mentBs s!ant be#oof@ T#e sands of Time &i%% a%&ays sin=(
Let %ands!a-es in t#e si%en!e s%in=, Or b"rn be%o& t#is s#ade%ess roof@
2ear not for #ono"r, %o)e, or -ain(
T#"s em-tinessB%% be yo"r drin=, And sorro&Bs s#ado&, yo"r s#ad"f( T#e sands of Time &i%% a%&ays sin=@ 2ear not for #ono"r, %o)e, or -ain(
A"t#or's Notes: T#e ser-ent is a symbo% of a)ersion 5.bitin.7 !a"sed by %osin &#at &e desire( T#is -ie!e is abo"t %ettin o( E)eryt#in be!omes t#e sand of Time, so not#in matters 5a-art from %ettin o7( Moreo)er, desire for t#ins &e !annot #a)e 5e(( %o)e7 !reates .#eat. from &#i!# &e m"st s#e%ter( Line /? s"ests t#at emotiona% -ain is t#e im-et"s for rea%isin t#e nat"re of %ife( 2"%fi%mentsatisfa!tion ne)er %asts, so &e "st #a)e to a!!e-t it(
T#e Prote!ti)e Cir!%e by Yid#ra y t#e %i#t of Nyar%at#ote-( orn of my desire for e!omin, O-en t#e $ates of t#e Dead To -rote!t my )ery bein of s-irit and f%es#( No!tifer obser)e
y t#e %i#t of A3a3e%, ;#o bro"#t t#e Kno&%ede of t#e Ser-ent, Prote!t me of t#e =in of ;it!#b%ood@ 2or I am Yid#ra: T#e Lone%y One(
y t#e !a%% of Yi May t#e Kno&%ede be re)ea%ed( y t#e desire of my many forms S#a%% be -assed from t#e ra)e to %ife(
Yo*Sot#ot#, a%%o& t#e stars to a%in May t#e Dead #ear my !a%%(
efore me Nyar%at#ote-@ e#ind me Ct#"%#"@ On my ri#t #and Yo*Sot#ot#@ On my %eft #and S#"b*Ni"rat#@ 2or abo"t me f%ames t#e Pentaram, And in t#e Co%"mn t#e se)en*rayed star of AALON
T#e Dream*Ser-ent by Mad Poet A sna=e &as #issin, Dreams &ere "-on me(
Yi, are t#o" t#ere Seein me, )ie&in me(
T#e Draon ;arriors of Yi by Mad Poet Draon ;arriors of Yi, Created by imse%f o"nd to a strane ido%, ein // Draon ;arriors(
Kin", t#e first@ ;as a &ined ser-ent man( ores#, t#e se!ond@ ;as a &ined b"%%( Ssr"s#ii, t#e t#ird@ ;as a ser-ent man( C#oara, t#e fo"rt#@ ad t#e body of a s!or-ion( Nera%, t#e si6t#@ ;as a #"manoid %ion( 2aret, t#e se)ent#@ ;as m"te and a minota"r( "m#ab=", t#e ei#t#@ Larest of t#e Draon ;arriors(
Ka%%i!#, t#e nint#@ An enormo"s )"%t"re*%i=e bird( Dra'a=a, t#e tent#@ A bea"tif"% &oman( Amn"ris, t#e e%e)ent#@ ;it# t#e #ead of a &o%f( And Mar"ya, t#e e6tra@ ;as a &ined sta(
Is t#is mere%y a %eend Or t#e ta%e of anot#er's -%ane -ast
Yi, T#e Dead%y Sna=e by Ys#ot#a Yi &ent o"t of my #ead, &asn't I so sad In me ma%e and fema%e sna=e, O Yi, -%ease don't be a&a=e(
2ast%y in t#e !ar t#ey -"t me O %et dead not #a)e me "t dead aain I &ent, t#is is &#at Nyar%at#ote- meant(
O in aner and &rat# I don't &ant to be, a fema%e sna=e in ea!# #"man yo" see( So Ta&i% too= t#em a%% o"t, and dro--ed to t#e f%oor #"mans abo"t(
+ombies &ere %eft on t#e Eart# e)eryt#in dead, e)eryt#in b"rned( $#osts, roboti! #"mans by a%iens !ontro%%ed, t#is story &as ne)er before to%d(((
Yot# by Mad Poet 8ed*%itten Yot#, %"e*%itten K'n*yan( Its nati)es #a)e -assed on, On%y r"ins and remnants(
On Yot# Life &as !reated, 2or t#eir ind"stry and trans-ort@ $rotes>"e %i)in t#ins 2or t#eir am"sement(
On Yot# on%y re-ti%ians, 8e-ti%e*%i=e >"adr"-eds( ;ors#i-in Tsat#o"a, y raidin N'=ai %earned &e%% Lyin beneat# red*%itten Yot#(
S'lithik Hhai: X'hyl the Apothecary by Sicky666 The legendary serpent-men, who ruled this arth be!ore our rise" #ersed in the arts o! eldritch science, alchemy, and sorcery$ the cold-blooded sa%ants reigned"
And in these days, they all %anished" So great a !all to so mighty a race& And which reminds me o! the nar beings, who were dri%en o!!, into the (ake"
A man's early mastery$ o! the arts o! war!are, doting upon our ancestors cleaning !air Hyperborea"
The breed o! walking serpents did bring about their doom, by the practice o! sorceries alchemies, unleashing dread powers"
)t was the shi!ting o! the great sun that robbed the serpents o! heat ibon o! hu Thulan"
(ike unto the *roboros, the mouth sei+eth upon the tail, dominating the whole disk o! arth"
After t#e $o%den Ae by Mad Poet C#aos s#o"%d not !ease To dominate t#e &or%d( O yes, Nyar%at#ote-@ ;i%% r"%e
No &is# for #armony, Of its $o%den Ae@
It &as before t#e 2a%%(
8e)e%in in !onstant disorder, "t Yo*Sot#ot# -refers reason@ $i)in is first a%%eian!e To t#e Daemon S"%tan: A3at#ot# 8ememberin o%d times of t#is $od(
Ct#"%#" does side &it# im, "t Yi s"--orts Yo*Sot#ot#@ As 2at#er Ser-ent of t#e Cosmos, ;#o in)ented t#is )ery &or%d(((
Yo*Sot#ot# #as sym-at#y, As Daon@ t#e Dee- One Lord And not e)en #e !an say ;#at &i%% #a--en &#en t#ere remains A Prin!ess restored on er t#rone, A Prin!ess on Ebony one(
T#e 8in of 2i)e Draons by Dar=>"een?? 2i)e Draons to r"%e t#em a%% 2ored in t#e e%ementa% !a"%dron
of My $oddess(
A -re!io"s rin, made of Pri!e%ess ade, and intri!ate%y De!orated &it# t#e %i=enesses of T#e fi)e Draons* My $oddess' Sa!red fi)e Draons(
T#ere &as See%in, Draon of &ater and Transformation@ Es#ir, Draon of air and 2ori)eness@ $om, Draon of eart# and 8ene&a%@ Yi, Draon of fire and Po&er@ and t#en t#ere &as Poa&, Draon of &ood and
A%% fi)e Draons, ;it# a%% ? sa!red eneries and e%ements are fina%%y mine to !ontro%(
I =ne& t#is day &o"%d !ome, I 4"st #ad to be -atient( "t no& t#e Pre!io"s #as fo"nd me and I #a)e rein o)er My $oddess' !reations(
T#e -ro-#esy of t#e end as been f"fi%%ed@ T#e -ro-#esy of t#e einnin is "st startin To "nfo%d(
2i)e Draons to r"%e t#em a%% 2ored in t#e e%ementa% !a"%dron of My $oddess(((( and t#ey are mine(((( o=(((i &as &at!#in Lord of t#e 8ins and fo"nd o"t I #ad a %itt%e em-at# in me &#o -ers"aded me to &rite t#is( I fe%t for $o%%"m &#en #e %ost t#e rin(((so I &rote t#is(((I dont !are if yo" t#in= it s"!=s(((I LIKE IT #e#e(((t#e Pre!io"s(((( ;ritten 2ebr"ary 1t#, 1?? F dar=>"een??
2ans of Yi by A%%en Ma!=ey
O $reat Yi Arise and iss"e fort# yo"r )enom 9-on GnameH, &#om is !"rsed by a!tions to t#e ;a%%o&in moments of aoni3ed deat# by t#e 2ans of Yi S#o& no mer!y, 2at#er of Ser-ents
orror of Yi 5%yri!s7 by $;A8 .orror is a fa!e, and yo" m"st ma=e a friend of #orror #orror and mora% terror are yo"r friends and t#ey are not( T#at t#ey are yo"r enimies t#e #orror(. Gfrom . A!ocaly!se "o#.H I sa& Yi( Yi sa& me( ;e're toet#er in dar= !on!a)ity( I sa& Yi( e's so bi( e smo=es !is( Eats "st %i=e a -i( Ooooo###### I sa& Yi( I sa& Yi( I sa&, I sa& Yi Yi no& is s#iftin #is ibberin mass( e #ides boi%s &it# maots( T#e -"s*sa! e6tr"des( T#e #orror t#at is Yi((( ;#en #e ra-es yo"r mind, yo"r mind &i%% sna- %i=e a t&i( S#a-in and ra-in, #is !ons!ien!e is !%ear( Infest * b%a!= deat#(
S-reads #ate and fo"% !#eer( T#e #orror, T#e O88O8 ;#ere Yi dot# tread no man tread tomorro&( 8ee=in deat# #ar)est of #"mans in #atred( S"!= on t#e s#itba of &#at yo" !reated, ;#at &e !reated( Yi no& in !omin, Yi no& is #ere( Yi no& #e ma=es t#ins im-ossib%y >"eer( Pi%es of maots C%o"ds of f%ies P"trid breat# And b"%in eyes( Yi !omes and yo" die, yo" a%% die(
Yi And Yo by C%i)e %a=e T#ere &ere t&o bott%es of mi%= T#eir names Yi and Yo, ;#o -%anned a darin es!a-e In t#e ear%y mornin fo(
2or!ed to be!ome !erea% =i%%ers, T#e mere t#o"#t@ made t#eir &#ite b%ood !"rd%e, As t#ey str"%ed to free t#emse%)es 2rom t#eir -%asti! mi%=*!rate ird%e(
Yi said to Yo: 'If yo" ma=e it to t#e ne&s-a-ers, Te%% 'em e)eryt#in t#at's -assed*yo"r*eyes, o& t#e T< ad)erts &it# t#e #a--y bott%es Are a%% "st -ro-aanda * %ies('
T#ey manaed to &ri%e free of t#e !rate, And t#ey t#en "m-ed off t#e f%oat, E)en t#o"# t#e ot#er bott%es s*!reamed: 'No ((( be !aref"% ((( Don't '
T#ey #it t#e road &it# an a&f"% smas#, and T#en ro%%ed o"t of !ontro% in t#e dirt, T#e ne6t day((( t#e ne&s #ead%ines read: YI$ DEAD and YO$ 98T(
A2TE8;O8D: .Sna=e*Eyes. T#is is in a%% -ossibi%ity on%y t#e first )o%"me of more !o%%e!ted -oety de)oted to my -atron $reat O%d One, Yi**T#e 2at#er of Ser-ents 2or some more Yiian
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