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The High Priest Not to Be Described (''Elder Hierophant'', ''Tcho-Tcho Lama of Leng'') is a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. He first appeared in the Lovecraft short story "Celephaïs" (1920). ==Summary== The High Priest Not to Be Described is the sole occupant of a remote and ancient monastery on the Plateau of Leng in the Dreamlands. It serves the Outer Gods. It's possible that it may be the King in Yellow, Hastur. Another oft-conjectured possibility is that it is the Crawling Chaos, Nyarlathotep. The monastery where he dwells has a confusing tangle of lightless corridors with disturbing frescoes that chronicle Leng's bloodcurdling history. Deep in the bowels of the monastery, inside a frightening domed room, the High Priest Not to Be Described sits on a throne of gold atop a stone dais in pitch-black darkness. Five steps down from the dais is a row of six blood-stained stone altars surrounding a yawning well that is rumored to connect with the Vaults of Zin in the underworld. In Lovecraft's novella ''The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath'' (1926), Randolph Carter has a fateful encounter with the High Priest Not to Be Described. The only description of the High Priest is given in this passage:
During his search for the fabled city of Celephaïs, the dreamer Kuranes had an equally chilling experience, just narrowly escaping the High Priest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「High Priest Not to Be Described」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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