• as August Derleth, who was credited with formalizing the Cthulhu Mythos. Most of these deities were Lovecraft's original creations, but he also adapted...
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    is the namesake of the Lovecraft-inspired Cthulhu Mythos. Invented by Lovecraft in 1928, the name Cthulhu was probably chosen to echo the word chthonic...
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    P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos story cycle Cthulhu Mythos deities – Fictional deities in H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos Cthulhu Mythos anthology – Short...
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  • influenced by elements of the shared fictional universe known as the Cthulhu Mythos, which originated in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft...
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    Azathoth (category Cthulhu Mythos deities)
    is a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of writer H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. He is the supreme deity of the Cthulhu Mythos and...
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  • This is a compendium of the lesser known Great Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. In Joseph S. Pulver's novel Nightmare's Disciple several...
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    Nyarlathotep (category Cthulhu Mythos deities)
    character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose...
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  • Carter later wrote that Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos "marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the Mythos for many reasons, and one of the most...
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    Cosmicism Cthulhu Mythos Characters of the Cthulhu Mythos Cthulhu Mythos deities Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos Cthulhu Mythos anthology Cthulhu Mythos in popular...
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    Shub-Niggurath (category Cthulhu Mythos deities)
    Archfiend's epiphany takes goat-headed form. Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture Pan and Echidna, similar deities in Ancient Greece. Akerbeltz Shuma-Gorath...
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  • This is a list of fictional creatures from the Cthulhu mythos of American writer H. P. Lovecraft and his collaborators. The byakhees or byakhee birds first...
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    Hastur (category Cthulhu Mythos deities)
    Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, Fenric, or Kaiwan) is an entity of the Cthulhu Mythos. Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce's short story "Haïta the Shepherd"...
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    development & describe nature of bas-relief" to himself for future reference. Cthulhu Mythos scholar Robert M. Price claims the irregular sonnet "The Kraken", published...
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  • Lovecraft story "belongs to the Cthulhu Mythos" or not. His requirement for including a story on the list of Mythos stories is that it must "present...
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    H. P. Lovecraft's cycle of interconnected works often known as the Cthulhu Mythos. The main literary purpose of these works is to explain how characters...
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  • Lin Carter that are based on the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, primarily on Lovecraft's stories "The Call of Cthulhu" and "Out of the Aeons". The cycle...
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  • Great Old Ones, fictional Cthulhu Mythos deities in the works of H. P. Lovecraft The Elder Things, fictional Cthulhu Mythos creatures in the works of...
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    Tsathoggua (category Cthulhu Mythos deities)
    of N'kai, also known as Zhothaqquah) is a supernatural entity in the Cthulhu Mythos shared fictional universe. He is the creation of American writer Clark...
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  • religions and mythos into their D&D campaigns. The first Deities & Demigods was published in 1980 by TSR, Inc. while another book called Deities and Demigods...
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  • Lovecraftian elements, the cycle itself may be regarded as a branch of the Cthulhu Mythos. In a letter to August Derleth dated 26 July 1944, Smith wrote: "In...
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  • Zhar (Great Old One) (category Cthulhu Mythos deities)
    Zhar is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos. The being first appeared in the short story "The Lair of the Star-Spawn" (1932) by August Derleth and...
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    appears, too, in the works of Arthur Machen, as well as H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The theonym *Nodens or *Nodons is reconstructed from the attested dative...
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  • following characters appear in H. P. Lovecraft's story cycle — the Cthulhu Mythos. Overview: Name. The name of the character appears first. Birth/Death...
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    The Deep Ones are creatures in the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. The beings first appeared in Lovecraft's novella The Shadow over Innsmouth (1931)...
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  • American mythos (i.e. Aztec and Maya) Chinese mythos Cthulhu Mythos (from H. P. Lovecraft and related fiction) Egyptian mythos Finnish mythos Greek mythos and...
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  • Lovecraftian god Shub-Niggurath – Fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos Paul Atreides Eru Ilúvatar – Creator deity of Tolkien's World Valar – Divine or angelic...
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    expedition was modelled after that of Byrd. In Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos Lin Carter suggests that one inspiration for At the Mountains of Madness...
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  • Zhar may mean: Zhar (Great Old One), a fictional Cthulhu Mythos deity of H. P. Lovecraft Zhar Lestin, a fictional character in Star Wars: Knights of the...
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  • trilogy. The design of the Reapers was inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos deities. Within the series, the Reapers cause galactic-level mass extinctions...
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  • antagonist in the MMORPG Realm of the Mad God Cthulhu Mythos deities § Oryx, an Elder god in the Cthulhu Mythos Oryx (ancient city), an ancient city in Arcadia...
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