&quot;The Other Gods&quot; 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.<br />Barzai the Wise, a high priest and prophet greatly learned in the lore of the &quot;gods of earth&quot;, 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 &quot;gods of the earth&quot; are not there alone, but rather are overseen by the &quot;other gods, the gods of the outer hells that guard the feeble gods of earth!&quot; Atal flees, and Barzai is never seen again.