# Deity — The Hashish Eater character guide

> Deity in The Hashish Eater by Fitz Hugh Ludlow.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-vii-the-night-of-apotheosis

## Who they are

A divine presence invoked during moments of cosmic revelation.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/characters/narrator)

_psychological_

The Deity appears as a visionary entity in the Narrator's hashish-induced hallucinations, embodying cosmic power and mystery.

## In the story

### [IX: The Shadow of Bacchus, the Shadow of Thanatos, and the Shadow of Shame](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/ix-the-shadow-of-bacchus-the-shadow-of-thanatos-and-the-shadow-of-shame)

Referenced as commanding the narrator to kill himself and as the source of the heavenly vision.

### [X: Nimium—The Amreeta Cup of Unveiling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/x-nimium-the-amreeta-cup-of-unveiling)

Implied as the source of the voice that speaks to the narrator during his visions, revealing truths and guarding him from fatal glories.

### [XI: The Book of Symbols](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/xi-the-book-of-symbols)

Referenced as the source of divine truth and the ultimate unveiling of symbols.

### [XV: “Then Seeva Opened on the Accursed One His Eye of Anger”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/xv-then-seeva-opened-on-the-accursed-one-his-eye-of-anger)

Appears as a menacing, wrathful presence; later revealed as a discrowned King, with Fate ruling instead.

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