Alias No information Origin No information Occupation No information Powers/Skills No information Hobby No information Goals No information Type of Villain No information The simply named Yig is one of the many deities from H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Being one of the Great Old Ones, Yig first appears in The Curse of Yig, acting as a god who sends his minions/children out to punish all who has murdered a snake in the past by either killing them or turning into a snake-like creature such as himself.