- Cthulhu - Wikipedia
The short story that first mentions Cthulhu, "The Call of Cthulhu", was published in Weird Tales in 1928, and established the character as a malevolent entity, hibernating within R'lyeh, an underwater city in the South Pacific
- Cthulhu | The H. P. Lovecraft Wiki | Fandom
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by H P Lovecraft for his short story "The Call of Cthulhu" First appearing in the February 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, he is
- Cthulhu | Description, Origin, Facts | Britannica
Cthulhu, fictional entity created by fantasy-horror writer H P Lovecraft and introduced in his story ‘The Call of Cthulhu,’ first published in the magazine Weird Tales in 1928 The creature is described as having ‘an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers ’
- Cthulhu | Villains Wiki | Fandom
In H P Lovecraft's works, Cthulhu is a major antagonist in the Cthulhu Mythos, first introduced in the 1928 story 'The Call of Cthulhu' As a member of the Great Old Ones, a race of powerful deities, Cthulhu embodies fear of the unknown and potential world-consuming destruction
- Cthulhu Explained: Origin, Powers Mythos - Screen Rant
Cthulhu’s origin came to readers in pieces with The Whisperer of Darkness and At The Mountains of Madness The 1931 novella The Whisperer of Darkness has the protagonist, literature instructor Albert N Wilmarth, learn about the “Great Old Ones” – a race of cosmic beings from the depths of space
- The Call of Cthulhu - By H. P. Lovecraft
“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming ” And now, in response to a general and urgent demand, Inspector Legrasse related as fully as possible his experience with the swamp worshippers; telling a story to which I could see my uncle attached profound significance
- Cthulhu Files
A guide to books, gods, races, places, and people in works by first-generation Cthulhu Mythos authors This work is gradually being converted from an index into something more like an encyclopedia, with articles rather than just index entries
- H. P. Lovecraft the Cthulhu Mythos: Exploring His Horror Legacy
The Cthulhu Mythos is still extremely popular in modern culture and shows signs of becoming even more so as the relatively niche genre of cosmic horror slowly becomes more widespread and gains more mainstream attraction
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