The Baboon Howls at Midnight

Question: Why does Thoth have such a creepy picture?

It does have a distinctly Lovecraftian vibe to it, doesn't it? I think it's something about the combination of nude human with oddly fleshy bird-head - even though it's not necessarily trying to be a shocker, it does definitely have a creepy vibe to it. It's by renowned horror artist Nihil, who does a lot of similar pieces.

It's one of my favorite pieces of Thoth artwork ever, probably because it does such a good job of showing how unsettling a real fusion of animal and human can look; it's so creepy precisely because it looks like a real creature made of those two parts, not just an animal head slapped on a human body without any real communication between the two. I also like the sense of profound age it has about it, since the Pesedjet are among the oldest of deities.

Not that Thoth is the creepiest guy ever - he's generally pretty rad, but then again he is the kind of dude who hangs out in the Underworld consigning the unworthy to oblivion and cursing mortals who happen to steal his artifacts from tombs, so he has his share of death and sorcery connotations.