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[Lovecraft Mythos] Do eldritch entities understand what fear is? Do they fear anything at all?
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Depends on the entity, and it depends on what you mean by fear.

- Various lesser eldritch entities will fight with each other, can kill each other, and be killed in turn.  Presumably they understand the threat of death, and experience an emotion analogous to fear when confronted with it.

- Nyarlathotep certainly seems to understand fear.  It doesnt feel fear itself, but clearly enjoys inflicting it on humans.  As the messenger of the outer gods, it is the bridge between us and them, capable of understanding both humans and outer gods, but clearly not being one of either.

- Greater entities like Azathoth and Shub-Niggurath are not threatened by anything, and have never been shown to possess anything resembling human emotions.  Nothing certain can be said about what they do experience, it's not certain they experience anything at all.  Whatever conciousness they possess is not at all similar to what humans possess.