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Cthulhu
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Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. The character was introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, he is depicted as a gigantic entity worshipped by cultists, in a green humanoid form incorporating visual elements similar to an octopus and dragon. As the namesake of the Lovecraft-inspired Cthulhu Mythos, Cthulhu has since been featured in numerous pop culture references.
Cthulhu is a giant, octopus-like cosmic creature created by writer H. P. Lovecraft in his 1928 short story "The Call of Cthulhu," depicted as a god-like entity worshipped by cults. The character has become central to the "Cthulhu Mythos" and is widely referenced in popular culture today.
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Key facts
- Character.name
- Cthulhu
- Character.series
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Character.image
- Cthulhu3.jpg
- Character.caption
- Sketch of Cthulhu drawn by Lovecraft (11 May 1934)
- Character.first
- "The Call of Cthulhu" (1928)
- Character.creator
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Character.alias
- The Sleeper of R'lyehHigh Priest of the Great Old Ones
- Character.species
- Great Old One
- Character.gender
- Male
- Character.home
- R'lyeh
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology, spelling, and pronunciation
- Description
- Publication history
- Influence
- Politics
- Science
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. The character was introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, he is depicted as a gigantic entity worshipped by cultists, in a green humanoid form incorporating visual elements similar to an octopus and dragon. As the namesake of the Lovecraft-inspired Cthulhu Mythos, Cthulhu has since been featured in numerous pop culture references.
==Etymology, spelling, and pronunciation== Invented by Lovecraft in 1928, the name Cthulhu was probably chosen to echo the word chthonic (Ancient Greek "of the earth"), as apparently suggested by Lovecraft himself at the end of his 1923 tale "The Rats in the Walls". The chthonic, or earth-dwelling, spirit has precedents in numerous ancient and medieval mythologies, often guarding mines and precious underground treasures, notably in the Germanic dwarfs and the Greek Chalybes, Telchines, or Dactyls.
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