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That's rather inferior form of Nyarlathotep in which leads various Witch cults. Not much to add here
Yes, he has hooves.
"(...) beyond the table stood a figure he had never seen before—a tall, lean man of dead black colouration but without the slightest sign of negroid features; wholly devoid of either hair or beard, and wearing as his only garment a shapeless robe of some heavy black fabric. His feet were indistinguishable because of the table and bench, but he must have been shod, since there was a clicking whenever he changed position."
"There was the immemorial figure of the deputy or messenger of hidden and terrible powers—the “Black Man” of the witch-cult, and the “Nyarlathotep” of the Necronomicon."
H.P. Lovecraft, Dreams In the Witch-House
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Hunh. Looking back this was the first thing of yours I favorited.
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do you still find it good?
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Awesome drawing! The Black Man is a nice form of Nyarlathotep and it's clearly meant to represent Satan. Not his best form, but still nice.
BRIAN
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I'd rather say it's the other way around - that medieval depictions of Satan were actually based on Crawling Chaos form. Why does he have no horns though? I imagine him wearing some kind of horned helmet/mask during most important rites.
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Agreed! Though I meant that Lovecraft based the form on the depiction of Satan, Kenneth Hite (Mythos scholar) has said that, in Lovecraft's universe, all religions are twisted forms of the Cthulhu Mythos. Keeping that in mind, Nyarlathotep is, in actually, the Devil!
BRIAN
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Indeed, Jenkin was said to have carried messages between witch and the Devil. Even thought I think that in spite of repeatedly calling Cthlulhu and his folks evil the universe is genrally amoral in nature ( suggested in Gates of SIlver Key)
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Yeah. Lovecraft's idea of the universe was hostile and unforgiving. The Mythos deities aren't exactly EVIL. They're just...uncaring. Not evil.
Except for Nyarlathotep.
And the point about Brown Jenkin, Nyarlathotep, and Keziah HAS to be correct. The Devil was Nyarlathotep and Brown Jenkin was going between dimensions to send messages.
BRIAN
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I was wondering whether Jenk could be actually child of Keziah and Nyarlathotep.
Yep, uncaring. Doe we care much about ant hill? And Nyarlathotep is a type of kid that takes magnifying glass to burn them lol
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That's actually not an uncommon theory, given this quote:
"Then he saw the fanged, bearded little face in the rat-hole—the accursed little face which he at last realised bore such a shocking, mocking resemblance to old Keziah’s—and heard the faint fumbling at the door."
Another part of the story supports this (although very subtly) that Brown Jenkin is kind of cuddling with the Black Man's feet.
Hooves.
[shudder]
Yep, he's probably their son! Must've been kind of weird for Keziah, doin' it with a shapeless thing that's the soul of the prime rulers of the universe!
Hite brings up a theory that he might be an alien, told by Nyarlathotep to train Keziah. But because he cannot exist properly on earth, he has to take the form that he's known for.
And, finally, your last statement is such a good example. And also hilarious.
BRIAN
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And to support this theory there are two more things in my opinion... Lurker at the Treshold mentions some twisted offspring that looks like a bat with man's face being born as a re sult of human x outre god mating. Similar Isn't it?
And in Rats in the Walls in the final scene Nyarlathotep is mentioned, as maddened characters hears rats all around him. This signifies that some form of Nyarlathotep is particularly related to rats...
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Agreed! I forgot the "Lurker at the Threshold" example, but the Faceless God from "The Rats in the Walls"? Totally. He, like Azathoth, was gnawing hungrily there with mindless pipers, right?
Yeah, the rats were trying to lead de la Poer to Nyarlathotep. So there's definitely a connection.
BRIAN
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The story also mentions the furniture-like footprints on the floor, as if a chair or table was being walked along. A humorous touch.
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I think it meant his hooves,
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Perhaps this is HPL´s version of the Black Stranger,
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Ths could be. He always made me think of the evil Black Ones of the unknown island, as they were also described as black sinned, hairless and having caucasian features. Not to mention they were cruel bastards.
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Nyarlathotep jest ciekawy właśnie dlatego, że nigdy nie wiadomo, jaką postać przybierze. Czarny człowiek robi niezłe wrażenie, szczególnie, że po nim po prostu widać, że się za nim czai coś znacznie większego.
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No, ta postac akurat jest malo groźna 
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No wiesz, King Kong też spierniczył na szczyt Empire State Buildingu, co wcale nie znaczy, że był niegroźny
Ale to mnie też zdziwiło, żeby Nyarlathotep przed kimś uciekał...
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widać ta jego postać nie należy do najpotężniejszych xD
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YEEEES, thank you! I always loved this incarnation of him and wish it was included in Stuart Gordon's adaptation of the story.
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Not my favourite of his forms really but he's cool whatever mask he wears.
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We used as kids play a game called 'Who is afraid of the Black Man?', and I always assumed as a kid it meant him.
(It actually refers to a Catholic Saint Jaakko who was referred to as 'The Black Man'.)
But no matter who it is, the game always ends with the Black Man winning and converting all the other players to his group.
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Yay teach children worship Outer Gods 
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Best get them young, you know.
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Beware of a black skinhead XD
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