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Need a scary and ominous sounding name? End it in "th".
For some reason this trope seems to be quite common in English-speaking fiction. Maybe it's because [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Names Ending In Th|Names to Run Away From]] sound mysteriously ancient (due to this trope's prominence in some [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Ancient Dead Languages|Ancient Dead Languages]]: e.g., in [[The Bible]]) or ominously [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Foreign Language Names|foreign]], maybe it's the sinister hissing sound itself... Whatever may be the case, [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Names Ending In Th|Names to Run Away From]] is a sure-fire way to let your audience know: this person/place/artifact is to be feared.
It's usually used to denote:
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Sometimes a partial aversion takes place, and we get something from the aforementioned list (e.g., something ancient) that ''isn't'' terrifying or evil.
A subtrope of [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]. See also [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/K Names|K Names]], [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/R Names|R Names]], and [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Xtreme Kool Letterz|Xtreme Kool Letterz]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
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*** Hoggoth, as in "[[Catch Phrase|by the hoary hosts of]]"
** ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''
*** [[X-Men
** ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' comics:
*** Kulan Gath, a powerful evil magician. He also has an apprentice called Razal Gulath.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The [[Trope Codifier]] here may be [[H.P. Lovecraft]], who liked this trope '''a lot''':
** Asenath Waite, from ''The Thing On The Doorstep''. She's perhaps the only human in Lovecraft's works who got a [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Names Ending In Th|Name Ending In Th]]... and that says a lot.
** Azathoth, the Blind Idiot God. A gigantic [[Eldritch Abomination]], that once was a demiurge, but nowadays just dwells somewhere in deep space listening to music.
** Innsmouth, the titular place from ''Shadow Over Innsmouth''. Even though the name is English in origin, the "th" at the end hints that something is [[Incredibly Lame Pun|fishy]] about this place...
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** Yuggoth, aka [[Science Marches On|planet]] Pluto. But it's [[Better Than It Sounds|more terrifying than it sounds]], since in Lovecraft's works Yuggoth is inhabited by all kinds of [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]].
** Cthulhu is perhaps Lovecraft's most famous creation, a very good reason to run away very quickly from this Great Old One, is that he/it is able to drive anyone that so much as looks at him/it into pure insanity.
* More [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Names Ending In Th|Names to Run Away From]] appeared in the works of other [[Cthulhu Mythos]] authors:
** Abhoth
** Daoloth
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** Planet names include Abbith, Haddath, Kynarth, Xoth, Yaddith and Zaoth.
** The family tree of Tsathoggua, an Old One, includes such names as Cxaxukluth and Ghisguth. Also, Tsathoggua himself lives on a mountain called Voormithadreth.
** The creator of the term [[Cthulhu Mythos]], Lovecraft's associate and horror author [[August Derleth]], even had a [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Names Ending In Th|Name Ending In Th]] himself!
* Averted in [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s works: words and names ending in 'th' are quite common in his [[Con Langs]], and there are both evil and good ones ending up with such a name. (e.g. [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Mor|Morgoth]] vs Elbereth)
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Yob Sodoth (a parody of Yog Sothoth), mentioned in ''Pyramids''.
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