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Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft.It was introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", [2] published by the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928.
"The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1928. [ 2 ]
A sketch of Cthulhu drawn by Lovecraft, May 11, 1934. The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of Anglo-American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
Cthulhu Mythos deities are a group of fictional deities created by American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), and later expanded by others in the fictional universe known as the Cthulhu mythos. These entities are usually depicted as immensely powerful and utterly indifferent to humans.
Pelton, a Lovecraft fan in Lincoln, Nebraska, wrote the work as an alleged English translation of the Necronomicon. Derleth, who was initially interested in the book and intended to publish it, mentioned it in his novel The Trail of Cthulhu to make it part of the mythos canon.
The following characters appear in H. P. Lovecraft's story cycle — the Cthulhu Mythos. Overview: Name. The name of the character appears first. Birth/Death. The date of the character's birth and death (if known) appears in parentheses below the character's name. Ambivalent dates are denoted by a question mark. Description. A brief description ...
Few video games are direct adaptations of Lovecraft's works, but many video games have been inspired or heavily influenced by Lovecraft. [253] Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, a Lovecraftian first-person video game, was released in 2005. [253]
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, edited by writer August Derleth and published by Arkham House in 1969, is considered the first Cthulhu Mythos anthology.It contained two stories by Lovecraft, a number of reprints of pieces written by members of Lovecraft's circle of correspondents, and several new tales written for the collection by a new generation of Cthulhu Mythos writers.