Talk:The Ancient Ones/@comment-65.128.239.67-20130721011703

It's based off of creatures mentioned in the (Simon) Necronomicon, an occult grimoire with spells, rituals, and incantations from ancient times. Within the pages lies a story of good and evil in the section called The Magan Text; resembling the Enuma Elish, but altered. Most of the monsters are of Sumerian/Assyrian/Babylonian descent, some are "fictional" inventions by H.P. Lovecraft in the Cthulhu Mythos. The tale in the Magan Text can be summed up as so: The Ancient Ones are evil beings but were the first Gods. Tiamat, an Ancient One, birthed a race called the Elder Gods. The Elder Gods rebelled against the Ancient Ones with the powers they inherited. Tiamat was split in half and fashioned the heaven and the earth and the Ancient One, Kingu, fashioned the blood of man. The Ancient Ones were then sent to a place called the Igigi where they lie not dead, but dreaming. There are Exorcisms within the Necronomicon to be used against the Ancient Ones. For example, "Incantation Against The Ancient Ones" (To be recited each year, when the Bear hangs from its Tail in the Heavens). It's very similiar to the ritual potrayed in the movie; a seance must be performed at a specific time to keep the Ancient Ones from rising above the earth.