Cthulhu Mythos Wikipedia The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe originating in the works of American horror writer H P LovecraftThe term was coined by August Derleth a contemporary correspondent and protg of Lovecraft to identify the settings tropes and lore that were employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors The name Cthulhu derives from the central creature in Lovecraft's seminal Cthulhu Mythos | The HP Lovecraft Wiki | Fandom The Cthulhu Mythos encompasses the shared elements characters settings and themes found in the works of HP Lovecraft and associated horror fiction writers Together they form the mythos that authors writing in the Lovecraftian milieu have used — and continue to use — to craft their stories The term itself was coined by the writer August Derleth The scariest monsters from Lovecraft's Cthulu The Cthulhu Mythos is sort of like a self contained literary universe ruled by a pantheon of fearsome deities many of whom resemble insects or auatic life Ad Ad – content continues below Cthulhu Files The Cthulhu Mythos An Annotated Bibliography Works by the first generation writers with lists of the Mythos terms referenced in each story Lovecraft's Map of Arkham HPL's hand drawn map of one of his most famous creations A Tourist's Guide to Innsmouth Map of Innsmouth and Environs Discussion of the Map The Innsmouth Look The Necronomicon A Study Including HP Lovecraft's History of Yuggoth Wikipedia In the Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft referenced Yuggoth in the poetry cycle Fungi From Yuggoth Yuggoth is described in Recognition the ninth sonnet in the series I saw the body spread on that dank stone And knew those things which feasted were not Cthulhu Mythos deities Wikipedia The Elder Gods are a later creation of other prolific writers who expanded on Lovecraft's concepts such as August Derleth who was credited with formalizing the Cthulhu Mythos Most of these deities were Lovecraft's original creations but he also adapted words or concepts from earlier writers such as Ambrose Bierce and later writers in turn used Lovecraft's concepts and expanded Comics Kingdom The Oregonian Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights each Cthulhu — Wikipdia Cthulhu k ʃ t̪ u l u prononc en anglais kəˈθuːlu est une monstrueuse entit cosmiue invente par l'crivain amricain Howard Phillips Lovecraft dans sa nouvelle L'Appel de Cthulhu publie dans le pulp Weird Tales en Gigantesue crature extraterrestre endormie depuis des millnaires dans la cit de R'lyeh engloutie sous les flots de l'Ocan pacifiue Outer God | The HP Lovecraft Wiki | Fandom The Outer Gods are various cosmically significant entities that are featured in the Cthulhu Mythos They are to be distinguished from the Great Old Ones although the distinction isn't universally acknowledged Generally speaking they are located beyond the confines of Earth and the solar system exerting their influence from deep space However there are some Outer Gods who have taken up Weird Fiction Cosmic horror the Cthulhu Mythos click the image Holloway and Talley have managed to transform the Cthulhu Mythos into something with a modern flavor drawing not just from the well of cosmic horror but from technothrillers survival horror and splatterpunk with just a dash of the lost sensibilities of the shudder pulps A cup full of tentacles mixed with existential nihilism and sprinkled with liberal uantities