and "The Other Gods and " is a fantasy short story written by American author H. P. Lovecraft, on August 14, 1921. It was first published in the November 1933 issue of The Fantasy Fan. Barzai the Wise, a high priest and prophet greatly learned in the lore of the and "gods of earth and ", or Great Ones, attempts to scale the mountain of Hatheg-Kla in order to look upon their faces, accompanied by his young disciple Atal. Upon reaching the peak, Barzai at first seems overjoyed until he finds that the and "gods of the earth and " are not there alone, but rather are overseen by the and "other gods, the gods of the outer hells that guard the feeble gods of earth! and " Atal flees, and Barzai is never seen again.