Tag: Lovecraft Cthulhu Sketch

Two microorganisms that assist in the digestion of wood by termites have been named after Cthulhu and Cthulhu’s “daughter” Cthylla: Cthulhu macrofasciculumque and Cthylla microfasciculumque, respectively.

The Californian spider species Pimoa cthulhu, described by Gustavo Hormiga in 1994, is named with reference to Cthulhu.

Great Cthulhu.

Great Cthulhu.

Great Cthulhu.

Great Cthulhu.

Great Cthulhu.

Cthulhu, they call me. Great Cthulhu.

Cthulhu, they call me. Great Cthulhu.

In John Glasby‘s “A Shadow from the Aeons”, Cthulhu is seen by the narrator roaming the riverbank near Dominic Waldron’s castle, and roaring.

Cthulhu, they call me. Great Cthulhu.

Homage to Lovecraft’s sketch of Cthulhu.

August Derleth, a correspondent of Lovecraft, used the creature’s name to identify thesystem of lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors

The 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness refers to the “star-spawn of Cthulhu”, who warred with another race called the Elder Things before the dawn of man.

Lovecraft conceived a detailed genealogy for Cthulhu (published as “Letter 617” in Selected Letters)^[8] and made the character a central figure in corresponding literature.^[9]

The short story asserts the premise that, while currently trapped, Cthulhu will eventually return. His worshippers chant…

…the character as a malevolent entity hibernating within an underwater city in the South Pacific called R’lyeh.

the “Great Old Ones”: a loose pantheon of ancient, powerful deities from space who once ruled the Earth and who have since fallen into a deathlike sleep.

The imprisoned Cthulhu is apparently the source of constant anxiety for mankind at a subconscious level, and also the subject of worship by a number of human religions

The imprisoned Cthulhu is apparently the source of constant anxiety for mankind at a subconscious level, and also the subject of worship by a number of human religions