The Elder Gods' Greater Power
[August Derleth's Cthulhu Mythos]

The Elder Gods (1) are more powerful beings than the Great Old Ones (3):

The mythos, as I recalled it while listening to the professor speak engagingly of Cthulhu, turned on a conflict between beings known as the Elder Gods, who presumably inhabited the cosmos many light-years away, and lesser beings called the Ancient Ones or the Great Old Ones, who were presumably the motive forces of evil as opposed to those representing good, who were the benevolent Elder Gods. [Island]

 . . . old gods who once inhabited not only earth but the entire universe, who were divided between forces of ancient good and forces of ancient evil, of which the latter, now in leash, were yet greater in number if not in power. [Sandwin]

The Elder Gods will always be able to defeat the Great Old Ones:

. . . those Elder Gods whose strength against the Great Old Ones is absolute . . . [Lurker]

Incredible time ago, the Old Ones [Elder Gods (1)] banished from the cosmic places all the Evil Ones [Great Old Ones (3)], imprisoning them in many places; but in time these Evil Ones spawned hellish minions who set about preparing for their return to greatness. The Old Ones are nameless, but their power is and will apparently always be great enough to check that of the others. [Hastur]

Furthermore, only the Elder Gods are capable of defeating the Great Old Ones:

And Cthulhu and Hastur shall struggle here for the haven while Great Orion strides above the horizon, with Betelgeuse where the Elder Gods are, who alone can block the evil designs of these hellish spawn! [Hastur]

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