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A chat on 4chan
human
And this:

>These entities are the ultimate In-Betweeners, and some Initiates claim they are the true enemies of humankind. In the Gnostic cosmology, they are our jailers, keeping our spirits imprisoned in a world of tortured flesh and misery. Voodoo legends do not attempt to understand their motivations — they are monsters, to be slain if possible, avoided otherwise

>Very few actual encounters with Devourers have been recorded — mostly because eyewitnesses seldom survive meeting them. Almost any place with a high incidence of crime, poverty and despair could house a Devourer, but never more than one; these entities are fiercely territorial. Many Initiates scoff at the tales as mere superstition. Those who know better never willingly cross paths with these entities. Even the greater manifestations of the loas are said to think twice before confronting a Devourer. In the Lodges’ cosmology, the Devourers are the incarnations of demiurges and virtually invincible. The Devourers can be considered Things That Man Was Not Meant To Know. Their true shapes vary, but they are always monstrous: the legends mention twisted giant insectoids drip ping black ichor, tentacled mounds of oozing flesh, and 20 foot tall bloated humanoids with enormous mouths. Some tales claim that their shapes are determined by the fears of those who behold them
gpt
>Devourers tend to make their homes beneath cities or towns, hidden in the sewer system, underground caverns, subway tunnels, or even burrows in the concrete bowels of a metropolis. They do not seek those places; in fact, the Devourers are incredibly old, possibly older than any human civilization. According to the legends, the Devourers attract humans to their lairs, and cities are built around them. Some occultists claim that every major city has a Devourer dwelling in its bowels. In Betweeners and Corruptor spirits in the area must become subservient to the Devourer or risk being destroyed. Every time a Devourer has been discovered alongside Mayombe or In-Betweeners, the latter have always been in its servic — maybe the Devourers are the true masters of the Corruptors. The Devourers’ homes are well-hidden and protected. From there, they send out smaller versions of themselves (called Sendings — see p. 103), each able to take on any shape they wish, from wisps of wind to superhuman monsters. The Sendings roam the streets, killing people to satisfy their creator’s cravings. These Sendings (a Devourer can support as many as five Sendings at a time) can only hurt their victims by taking on a physical form, and can therefore be hurt or destroyed by physical means
human

I think these stories about intraterrestrial beings interesting. In Greek Mythology, Cronus/Saturn and the Titans, the Hecatonchires and Typhon were imprisoned in Tartarus. In Christianity, Ha-Satan/The Dragon/The Old Serpent is cast into the lake of fire and there are also Abaddon and his armies of chimeric insectoids that come out of the 'Abyss'. There is still the story of the giants of Genesis who were killed by the Flood and had their souls imprisoned on Earth.

Also:

>Among Sumerians and Akkadians, Tiamat was the symbol of salt water (represented by a snake/dragon). The Phoenicians, neighbors of the Hebrews, associated salt water (Tiamat) with tehom, a term that means “watery abyss” and that appears in the Bible on several occasions. This is why in Scripture the “abyss” (tehom) appears associated with the figure of a sea monster
gpt
>imprisoned in Tartarus
Hmm, Tartarus equals Tartaria? A connection to the Mudflood theory?