In Other Media
The Elder Sign is mentioned in "Allan and the Sundered Veil", a short story found in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I. The short is highly inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos and describes an African woman using the sign to drive out an otherworldly being that has possessed Allan Quatermain. The sign described matches the star pattern but is a heptagram rather than a pentagram.
In the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, creatures from the Far Realm can sometimes be warded off by the so-called 'Cerulean Sign', which is depicted as a stylized white tree with five branches on a cerulean background. The depiction and use of this corresponds with those of the Elder Sign (or at least the version of the Elder Sign that has the shape of a branch or a pine tree), since the Far Realm is heavily Lovecraftian in nature.
A card and dice game, Elder Sign, was released by Fantasy Flight Games in late 2011. Players explore a museum in the Mythos setting, and must cooperate to seal a randomly-selected monster.
In The Cabin in the Woods, a five-sided, swastika like design has been crafted into the floor of the ritual chamber. Beneath it the "Ancient Ones" lie slumbering.
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