Great Race of Yith
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The Great Race of Yith is a time-traveling, mind-transferring alien species from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, known for projecting their consciousness across space and time to inhabit other beings’ bodies and amass vast historical knowledge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Race of Yith canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8315992 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Race of Yith Context triple: [The Shadow Out of Time, featuresFictionalRace, Great Race of Yith]
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A.
The Nab
The Nab is a prominent fell in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, known for its rugged slopes and views over Martindale.
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B.
The Improbable Triumvirate
The Improbable Triumvirate is a nonfiction work by American editor and peace advocate Norman Cousins that examines the unlikely diplomatic relationships and events that helped ease Cold War tensions.
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C.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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D.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
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E.
The Song of the Quarkbeast
The Song of the Quarkbeast is a comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde set in a magical alternate Britain and following the adventures of teenage sorcerer Jennifer Strange.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Race of Yith Target entity description: The Great Race of Yith is a time-traveling, mind-transferring alien species from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, known for projecting their consciousness across space and time to inhabit other beings’ bodies and amass vast historical knowledge.
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A.
The Nab
The Nab is a prominent fell in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, known for its rugged slopes and views over Martindale.
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B.
The Improbable Triumvirate
The Improbable Triumvirate is a nonfiction work by American editor and peace advocate Norman Cousins that examines the unlikely diplomatic relationships and events that helped ease Cold War tensions.
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C.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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D.
World's End
World's End is a riverside district in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for its large 1970s housing estate and proximity to the western end of the King's Road.
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E.
The Song of the Quarkbeast
The Song of the Quarkbeast is a comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde set in a magical alternate Britain and following the adventures of teenage sorcerer Jennifer Strange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lovecraftian entity
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fictional alien species ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Shadow Out of Time ⓘ |
| bodyForm | cone-shaped body with multiple appendages ⓘ |
| builds | cyclopean stone structures ⓘ |
| category |
Entities in the Cthulhu Mythos
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Fictional extraterrestrial species ⓘ Fictional telepaths ⓘ Fictional time travelers ⓘ |
| causes | Peaslee's amnesia and personality change ⓘ |
| collects | records of all contacted species ⓘ |
| communicatesWith | captured minds in their libraries ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| fears |
Great Old Ones
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Old One
cosmic disasters ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1936 ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
inhabit other beings' bodies
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precognition of future events ⓘ project consciousness across space ⓘ telepathic communication ⓘ time travel via mind transfer ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
emotionally detached
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highly intelligent ⓘ non-human psychology ⓘ obsessed with knowledge ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
amass historical and scientific knowledge
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preserve their civilization from cosmic catastrophes ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Yithian language (written and spoken) ⓘ |
| hasLifespan | millions of years as a civilization ⓘ |
| hasLimb |
clawed arms
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trumpet-like head appendage ⓘ |
| hasSourceWork |
Weird Tales (original publication venue of The Shadow Out of Time)
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linked to:
Weird Tales magazine
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| homeCity | Pnakotus ⓘ |
| homeTimePeriod | late Paleozoic era ⓘ |
| influences |
cosmic horror fiction
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later Cthulhu Mythos authors ⓘ |
| inhabits | prehistoric Earth ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Australia (in The Shadow Out of Time)
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linked to:
Australia (fictional setting)
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| migratesTo | bodies of a future beetle-like species ⓘ |
| partOf | Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ |
| performsOn | Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee ⓘ |
| plansTo | abandon their current bodies when threatened ⓘ |
| restores | original minds to their bodies after study ⓘ |
| storesIn | vast library archives ⓘ |
| studies |
alien civilizations across time
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human history ⓘ |
| uses | advanced mathematics and science ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
mind-transfer machines
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recording devices for mental impressions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Race of Yith Description of subject: The Great Race of Yith is a time-traveling, mind-transferring alien species from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, known for projecting their consciousness across space and time to inhabit other beings’ bodies and amass vast historical knowledge.
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