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title="Cthulhu – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ktulhu" title="Ktulhu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ktulhu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81" title="কথুলু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কথুলু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%85%D1%83" title="Ктулху – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ктулху" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%85%D1%83" title="Ктулху – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ктулху" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Κθούλου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κθούλου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88" title="کاتولو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاتولو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuitili%C3%BA" title="Cuitiliú – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Cuitiliú" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%ED%88%B4%EB%A3%A8" title="크툴루 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="크툴루" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%B0%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Քթուլհու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քթուլհու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%AA%27%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%95" title="קת'ולהו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קת'ולהו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kthulhu" title="Kthulhu – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kthulhu" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%82%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%85%D1%83" title="Ктхулху – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ктхулху" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95" title="クトゥルフ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クトゥルフ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ktulhu" title="Ktulhu – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ktulhu" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%85%D1%83" title="Ктулху – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ктулху" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83" title="Ктулу – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ктулу" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B9" title="คธูลู – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="คธูลู" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Cthulhu" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Cthulhu3.jpg/440px-Cthulhu3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4686" data-file-height="5841" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Sketch of Cthulhu drawn by Lovecraft (11 May 1934)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu" title="The Call of Cthulhu">The Call of Cthulhu</a>" (1928)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Great_Old_Ones" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Old Ones">Great Old One</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Variable depending on the publisher's ideas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azathoth" title="Azathoth">Azathoth</a> (great-great-grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yog-Sothoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Yog-Sothoth">Yog-Sothoth</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shub-Niggurath" title="Shub-Niggurath">Shub-Niggurath</a> (grandmother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Great_Old_Ones#Nug_and_Yeb" title="List of Great Old Ones">Nug</a> (parent)<sup id="cite_ref-Lovecraft_1967_Letter_617_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lovecraft_1967_Letter_617-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cthulhu</b> is a fictional <a href="/wiki/Cosmicism" title="Cosmicism">cosmic entity</a> created by writer <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>. It was introduced in his <a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short story</a> "<a href="/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu" title="The Call of Cthulhu">The Call of Cthulhu</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> published by the American <a href="/wiki/Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp magazine</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Tales" title="Weird Tales">Weird Tales</a></i> in 1928. Considered a <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos_deities#Great_Old_Ones" title="Cthulhu Mythos deities">Great Old One</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Pantheon_(religion)" title="Pantheon (religion)">pantheon</a> of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, this creature has since been featured in numerous pop culture references. Lovecraft depicts it as a gigantic entity worshipped by cultists, in the shape of a green <a href="/wiki/Octopus" title="Octopus">octopus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Caricature" title="Caricature">caricature</a> of human form. It is the namesake of the Lovecraft-inspired <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology,_spelling,_and_pronunciation"><span id="Etymology.2C_spelling.2C_and_pronunciation"></span>Etymology, spelling, and pronunciation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology, spelling, and pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Invented by Lovecraft in 1928, the name Cthulhu was probably chosen to echo the word <i><a href="/wiki/Chthonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Chthonic">chthonic</a></i> (Ancient Greek "of the earth"), as apparently suggested by Lovecraft himself at the end of his 1923 tale "<a href="/wiki/The_Rats_in_the_Walls" title="The Rats in the Walls">The Rats in the Walls</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chthonic, or earth-dwelling, spirit has precedents in numerous ancient and medieval mythologies, often guarding mines and precious underground treasures, notably in the <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)" title="Dwarf (folklore)">dwarfs</a> and the Greek <a href="/wiki/Chalybes" title="Chalybes">Chalybes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telchines" title="Telchines">Telchines</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Dactyls_(mythology)" title="Dactyls (mythology)">Dactyls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lovecraft transcribed the pronunciation of <i>Cthulhu</i> as <i>Khlûl′-hloo</i>, and said, "the first syllable pronounced gutturally and very thickly. The 'u' is about like that in 'full', and the first syllable is not unlike 'klul' in sound, hence the 'h' represents the guttural thickness"<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> yielding something akin to <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ˈq(χ)lʊlˌhluː/</span>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (June 2024)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/S._T._Joshi" title="S. T. Joshi">S. T. Joshi</a> points out, however, that Lovecraft gave different pronunciations on different occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Lovecraft, this is merely the closest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cthulhu has also been spelled in many other ways, including Tulu, Katulu, and Kutulu.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Long after Lovecraft's death, <a href="/wiki/Chaosium" title="Chaosium">Chaosium</a> stated in the <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game)" title="Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)">Call of Cthulhu</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_game" title="Role-playing game">role-playing game</a>: "we say it kuh-THOOL-hu" (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span>), even while noting that Lovecraft said it differently.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others use the pronunciation <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In "<a href="/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu" title="The Call of Cthulhu">The Call of Cthulhu</a>", H. P. Lovecraft describes a statue of Cthulhu as: "A monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind."<sup id="cite_ref-call_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-call-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A carving of Cthulhu is described thusly: "It seemed to be a sort of monster, or symbol representing a monster, of a form which only a diseased fancy could conceive. If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a>, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, <a href="/wiki/Tentacle" title="Tentacle">tentacled</a> head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary <a href="/wiki/Wings" class="mw-redirect" title="Wings">wings</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-call_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-call-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cthulhu is said to resemble a green octopus, dragon, and a human caricature, hundreds of meters tall, with webbed, human-looking arms and legs and a pair of rudimentary wings on its back.<sup id="cite_ref-call_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-call-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its head is depicted as similar to the entirety of a <a href="/wiki/Gigantic_octopus" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigantic octopus">gigantic octopus</a>, with an unknown number of tentacles surrounding its supposed mouth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The short story that first mentions Cthulhu, "The Call of Cthulhu", was published in <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Tales" title="Weird Tales">Weird Tales</a></i> in 1928, and established the character as a malevolent entity, hibernating within <a href="/wiki/R%27lyeh" title="R'lyeh">R'lyeh</a>, an underwater city in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">South Pacific</a>. The imprisoned Cthulhu is apparently the source of constant subconscious anxiety for all mankind, and is also the object of worship, both by many human cults (including some within <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_China" title="List of mountains in China">Chinese mountains</a>) and by other Lovecraftian monsters (called <a href="/wiki/Deep_Ones" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep Ones">Deep Ones</a><sup id="cite_ref-innsmouth_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-innsmouth-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mi-Go" title="Mi-Go">Mi-Go</a><sup id="cite_ref-darkness_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-darkness-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). The short story asserts the premise that, while currently trapped, Cthulhu will eventually return. His worshippers chant "<i>Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn</i><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span> ("In his house at <i>R'lyeh</i>, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming").<sup id="cite_ref-call_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-call-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:H._P._Lovecraft_in_Florida,_June_1934.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A photo of H. P. Lovecraft, facing right" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/H._P._Lovecraft_in_Florida%2C_June_1934.png/170px-H._P._Lovecraft_in_Florida%2C_June_1934.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/H._P._Lovecraft_in_Florida%2C_June_1934.png/255px-H._P._Lovecraft_in_Florida%2C_June_1934.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/H._P._Lovecraft_in_Florida%2C_June_1934.png/340px-H._P._Lovecraft_in_Florida%2C_June_1934.png 2x" data-file-width="1517" data-file-height="2706" /></a><figcaption>H. P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu's creator</figcaption></figure> <p>Lovecraft conceived a detailed genealogy for Cthulhu (published as "Letter 617" in <i><a href="/wiki/Selected_Letters_of_H._P._Lovecraft_IV_(1932%E2%80%931934)" title="Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft IV (1932–1934)">Selected Letters</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-Lovecraft_1967_Letter_617_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lovecraft_1967_Letter_617-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and made the character a central reference in his works.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Dunwich_Horror" title="The Dunwich Horror">The Dunwich Horror</a>" (1928)<sup id="cite_ref-dunwich_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunwich-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> refers to Cthulhu, while "<a href="/wiki/The_Whisperer_in_Darkness" title="The Whisperer in Darkness">The Whisperer in Darkness</a>" (1930) hints that one of his characters knows the creature's origins ("I learned whence Cthulhu first came, and why half the great temporary stars of history had flared forth.")<sup id="cite_ref-darkness_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-darkness-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1931 <a href="/wiki/Novella" title="Novella">novella</a> <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness" title="At the Mountains of Madness">At the Mountains of Madness</a></i> refers to the "star-spawn of Cthulhu", who warred with another race called the <a href="/wiki/Elder_Thing" title="Elder Thing">Elder Things</a> before the dawn of man.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/August_Derleth" title="August Derleth">August Derleth</a>, a correspondent of Lovecraft's, used the creature's name to identify the system of lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors, the <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a>. In 1937, Derleth wrote the short story "The Return of Hastur", and proposed two groups of opposed cosmic entities: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> the Old or Ancient Ones, the <i><a href="/wiki/Elder_God_(Cthulhu_Mythos)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elder God (Cthulhu Mythos)">Elder Gods</a></i>, of <i>cosmic good</i>, and those of <i>cosmic evil</i>, bearing many names, and themselves of different groups, as if associated with the elements and yet transcending them: for there are the Water Beings, hidden in the depths; those of Air that are the primal lurkers beyond time; those of Earth, horrible animate survivors of distant eons.<sup id="cite_ref-Derleth_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Derleth-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 256">: 256 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>According to Derleth's scheme, "Great Cthulhu is one of the Water Elementals" and was engaged in an age-old arch-rivalry with a designated air elemental, <a href="/wiki/Hastur" title="Hastur">Hastur the Unspeakable</a>, described as Cthulhu's "half-brother."<sup id="cite_ref-Derleth_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Derleth-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 256, 266">: 256, 266 </span></sup> Based on this framework, Derleth wrote a series of short stories published in <i>Weird Tales</i> (1944–1952) and collected as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Trail_of_Cthulhu" title="The Trail of Cthulhu">The Trail of Cthulhu</a></i>, depicting the struggle of a Dr. Laban Shrewsbury and his associates against Cthulhu and his minions. In addition, Cthulhu is referenced in Derleth's 1945 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lurker_at_the_Threshold" title="The Lurker at the Threshold">The Lurker at the Threshold</a></i> published by <a href="/wiki/Arkham_House" title="Arkham House">Arkham House</a>. The novel can also be found in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Watchers_Out_of_Time_and_Others" title="The Watchers Out of Time and Others">The Watchers Out of Time and Others</a></i>, a collection of stories from Derleth's interpretations of Lovecraftian Mythos published by Arkham House in 1974. </p><p>Derleth's interpretations have been criticized by Lovecraft enthusiast <a href="/wiki/Michel_Houellebecq" title="Michel Houellebecq">Michel Houellebecq</a>, among others. Houellebecq's <i><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft:_Against_the_World,_Against_Life" title="H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life">H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life</a></i> (2005) decries Derleth for attempting to reshape Lovecraft's strictly amoral continuity into a stereotypical conflict between forces of objective good and evil.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/John_Glasby" title="John Glasby">John Glasby</a>'s "A Shadow from the Aeons", Cthulhu is seen by the narrator roaming the riverbank near Dominic Waldron's castle, and roaring.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The character's influence also extended into gaming literature; games company <a href="/wiki/TSR,_Inc." title="TSR, Inc.">TSR</a> included an entire chapter on the Cthulhu mythos (including character statistics) in the first printing of <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> sourcebook <i><a href="/wiki/Deities_%26_Demigods" title="Deities & Demigods">Deities & Demigods</a></i> (1980). TSR, however, were unaware that <a href="/wiki/Arkham_House" title="Arkham House">Arkham House</a>, which asserted copyright on almost all Lovecraft literature, had already licensed the Cthulhu property to game company <a href="/wiki/Chaosium" title="Chaosium">Chaosium</a>. Although Chaosium stipulated that TSR could continue to use the material if each future edition featured a published credit to Chaosium, TSR refused and the material was removed from all subsequent editions.<sup id="cite_ref-acaeum_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acaeum-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_for_President" title="Cthulhu for President">Cthulhu for President</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20100701_cthulhu_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/20100701_cthulhu_poster.jpg/220px-20100701_cthulhu_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/20100701_cthulhu_poster.jpg/330px-20100701_cthulhu_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/20100701_cthulhu_poster.jpg/440px-20100701_cthulhu_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1051" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption>Poster from the <a href="/wiki/2010_Polish_presidential_election" title="2010 Polish presidential election">2010 Polish presidential election</a>: The caption translates as "Choose the greater evil. Vote Cthulhu."</figcaption></figure> <p>Cthulhu has appeared as a <a href="/wiki/Parody_candidate" class="mw-redirect" title="Parody candidate">parody candidate</a> in several elections, including the <a href="/wiki/2010_Polish_presidential_election" title="2010 Polish presidential election">2010 Polish presidential election</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2012_US_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 US presidential election">2012</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_US_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 US presidential election">2016 US presidential elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cthulhu_for_president_2016_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cthulhu_for_president_2016-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The faux campaigns usually satirize voters who claim to vote for the "<a href="/wiki/Lesser_of_two_evils_principle" title="Lesser of two evils principle">lesser evil</a>". "Cthulhu for America" ran during the 2016 American presidential election, drawing comparisons with other satirical presidential candidates such as <a href="/wiki/Vermin_Supreme" title="Vermin Supreme">Vermin Supreme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization had a platform that included the legalization of human sacrifice, driving all Americans insane, and an end to peace.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Internet_troll" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet troll">troll</a> account known as "The Dark Lord Cthulhu" submitted an official application to be on the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> Presidential Ballot. The account also raised over $4000 from fans to fund the campaign through a gofundme.com page. Gofundme removed the campaign page and refunded contributions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science">Science</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several organisms have been named after Cthulhu, including the California spider <i><a href="/wiki/Pimoa_cthulhu" title="Pimoa cthulhu">Pimoa cthulhu</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Hormiga1994_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hormiga1994-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the New Guinea moth <i><a href="/wiki/Speiredonia_cthulhui" title="Speiredonia cthulhui">Speiredonia cthulhui</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Genus_Speiredonia_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genus_Speiredonia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sollasina_cthulhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sollasina cthulhu">Sollasina cthulhu</a></i>, a fossil echinoderm.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two microorganisms that assist in the digestion of wood by termites have been named after Cthulhu and Cthulhu's "daughter" Cthylla: <i><a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_macrofasciculumque" title="Cthulhu macrofasciculumque">Cthulhu macrofasciculumque</a></i> and <i>Cthylla microfasciculumque</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-james_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-james-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, science and technology scholar <a href="/wiki/Donna_Haraway" title="Donna Haraway">Donna Haraway</a> gave a talk entitled "<a href="/wiki/Anthropocene" title="Anthropocene">Anthropocene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capitalocene" title="Capitalocene">Capitalocene</a>, Chthulucene: Staying with the Trouble", in which she proposed the term "Chthulucene" as an alternative for the concept of the <a href="/wiki/Anthropocene" title="Anthropocene">Anthropocene</a> era, due to the entangling interconnectedness of all supposedly individual beings.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haraway has denied any indebtedness to Lovecraft's Cthulhu, claiming that her "chthulu" is derived from Greek <i>khthonios</i>, "of the earth".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Lovecraft character is much closer to her coined term than the Greek root, and her description of its meaning coincides with Lovecraft's idea of the apocalyptic, multitentacled threat of Cthulhu to collapse civilization into an endless dark horror: "Chthulucene does not close in on itself; it does not round off; its contact zones are ubiquitous and continuously spin out loopy tendrils."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, an elongated, dark region along the equator of <a href="/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">Pluto</a>, initially referred to as "the Whale", was proposed to be named "Cthulhu Region", by the NASA team responsible for the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons" title="New Horizons">New Horizons</a></i> mission.<sup id="cite_ref-brokenheart_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brokenheart-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was given the informal name <a href="/wiki/Belton_Regio" title="Belton Regio">Cthulhu Macula</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-disk-integrated_photometry_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disk-integrated_photometry-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pluto_System_after_New_Horizons_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pluto_System_after_New_Horizons-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the feature was later officially named Belton Regio by the <a href="/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">International Astronomical Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=New+data+reveals+that+Pluto%27s+heart+is+broken&rft.date=2015-07-14&rft.aulast=Feltman&rft.aufirst=Rachel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fspeaking-of-science%2Fwp%2F2015%2F07%2F14%2Fnew-data-reveals-that-plutos-heart-is-broken%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-disk-integrated_photometry-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-disk-integrated_photometry_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmanda_M._Zangari2015" class="citation journal cs1">Amanda M. Zangari; et al. (November 2015). "New Horizons disk-integrated approach photometry of Pluto and Charon". <i>AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #47</i>. <b>47</b>. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #47, id.210.01: 210.01. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015DPS....4721001Z">2015DPS....4721001Z</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=AAS%2FDivision+for+Planetary+Sciences+Meeting+Abstracts+%2347&rft.atitle=New+Horizons+disk-integrated+approach+photometry+of+Pluto+and+Charon&rft.volume=47&rft.pages=210.01&rft.date=2015-11&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2015DPS....4721001Z&rft.au=Amanda+M.+Zangari&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pluto_System_after_New_Horizons-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pluto_System_after_New_Horizons_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSternGrundyMcKinnonWeaver2018" class="citation journal cs1">Stern, S. A.; Grundy, W.; McKinnon, W. B.; Weaver, H. A.; Young, L. A. (2018). "The Pluto System After New Horizons". <i>Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics</i>. <b>56</b>: 357–392. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ArXiv (identifier)">arXiv</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05669">1712.05669</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ARA&A..56..357S">2018ARA&A..56..357S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev-astro-081817-051935">10.1146/annurev-astro-081817-051935</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119072504">119072504</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annual+Review+of+Astronomy+and+Astrophysics&rft.atitle=The+Pluto+System+After+New+Horizons&rft.volume=56&rft.pages=357-392&rft.date=2018&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1712.05669&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A119072504%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1146%2Fannurev-astro-081817-051935&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2018ARA%26A..56..357S&rft.aulast=Stern&rft.aufirst=S.+A.&rft.au=Grundy%2C+W.&rft.au=McKinnon%2C+W.+B.&rft.au=Weaver%2C+H.+A.&rft.au=Young%2C+L.+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/nomenclature/two-names-approved-for-pluto-belton-regio-and-safronov-regio">"Two Names Approved for Pluto: Belton Regio and Safronov Regio | USGS Astrogeology Science Center"</a>. <i>astrogeology.usgs.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-09-27</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=astrogeology.usgs.gov&rft.atitle=Two+Names+Approved+for+Pluto%3A+Belton+Regio+and+Safronov+Regio+%7C+USGS+Astrogeology+Science+Center&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fastrogeology.usgs.gov%2Fnews%2Fnomenclature%2Ftwo-names-approved-for-pluto-belton-regio-and-safronov-regio&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cthulhu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBloch1982" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bloch" title="Robert Bloch">Bloch, Robert</a> (1982). "Heritage of Horror". <i>The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre</i> (1st ed.). Ballantine Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-35080-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-35080-4"><bdi>0-345-35080-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Heritage+of+Horror&rft.btitle=The+Best+of+H.+P.+Lovecraft%3A+Bloodcurdling+Tales+of+Horror+and+the+Macabre&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Ballantine+Books&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=0-345-35080-4&rft.aulast=Bloch&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurleson1983" class="citation book cs1">Burleson, Donald R. (1983). <i>H. P. Lovecraft, A Critical Study</i>. Westport, CT / London, England: Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-23255-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-23255-5"><bdi>0-313-23255-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=H.+P.+Lovecraft%2C+A+Critical+Study&rft.place=Westport%2C+CT+%2F+London%2C+England&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-313-23255-5&rft.aulast=Burleson&rft.aufirst=Donald+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurnett1996" class="citation book cs1">Burnett, Cathy (1996). <i>Spectrum No. 3:The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art</i>. Nevada City, CA, 95959 USA: Underwood Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-887424-10-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-887424-10-5"><bdi>1-887424-10-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Spectrum+No.+3%3AThe+Best+in+Contemporary+Fantastic+Art&rft.place=Nevada+City%2C+CA%2C+95959+USA&rft.pub=Underwood+Books&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=1-887424-10-5&rft.aulast=Burnett&rft.aufirst=Cathy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location" title="Category:CS1 maint: location">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarms1998" class="citation book cs1">Harms, Daniel (1998). "Cthulhu". <i>The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana</i> (2nd ed.). Oakland, CA: Chaosium. pp. 64–7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1568821190" title="Special:BookSources/1568821190"><bdi>1568821190</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Cthulhu&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+Cthulhiana&rft.place=Oakland%2C+CA&rft.pages=64-7&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Chaosium&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=1568821190&rft.aulast=Harms&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li>"Idh-yaa", p. 148. Ibid.</li> <li>"Star-spawn of Cthulhu", pp. 283 – 4. Ibid.</li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoshiSchultz2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/S._T._Joshi" title="S. T. Joshi">Joshi, S. T.</a>; Schultz, David E. (2001). <i>An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia</i>. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0313315787" title="Special:BookSources/0313315787"><bdi>0313315787</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+H.+P.+Lovecraft+Encyclopedia&rft.place=Westport%2C+CT&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0313315787&rft.aulast=Joshi&rft.aufirst=S.+T.&rft.au=Schultz%2C+David+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLovecraft1999" class="citation book cs1">Lovecraft, Howard P. (1999) [1928]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091126181650/http://www.mythostomes.com/content/view/30/92/">"The Call of Cthulhu"</a>. In S. T. Joshi (ed.). <i>The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories</i>. London, UK; New York, NY: Penguin Books. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mythostomes.com/content/view/30/92/">the original</a> on November 26, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Call+of+Cthulhu&rft.btitle=The+Call+of+Cthulhu+and+Other+Weird+Stories&rft.place=London%2C+UK%3B+New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Lovecraft&rft.aufirst=Howard+P.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mythostomes.com%2Fcontent%2Fview%2F30%2F92%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLovecraft1968" class="citation book cs1">Lovecraft, Howard P. (1968). <i>Selected Letters II</i>. Sauk City, WI: <a href="/wiki/Arkham_House" title="Arkham House">Arkham House</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0870540297" title="Special:BookSources/0870540297"><bdi>0870540297</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Selected+Letters+II&rft.place=Sauk+City%2C+WI&rft.pub=Arkham+House&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0870540297&rft.aulast=Lovecraft&rft.aufirst=Howard+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLovecraft1976" class="citation book cs1">Lovecraft, Howard P. (1976). <i>Selected Letters V</i>. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/087054036X" title="Special:BookSources/087054036X"><bdi>087054036X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Selected+Letters+V&rft.place=Sauk+City%2C+WI&rft.pub=Arkham+House&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=087054036X&rft.aulast=Lovecraft&rft.aufirst=Howard+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarsh" class="citation book cs1">Marsh, Philip. <i>R'lyehian as a Toy Language – on psycholinguistics</i>. Lehigh Acres, FL 33970-0085 USA: Philip Marsh.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=R%27lyehian+as+a+Toy+Language+%E2%80%93+on+psycholinguistics&rft.place=Lehigh+Acres%2C+FL+33970-0085+USA&rft.pub=Philip+Marsh&rft.aulast=Marsh&rft.aufirst=Philip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACthulhu" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location" title="Category:CS1 maint: location">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMosig1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Dirk_W._Mosig" title="Dirk W. Mosig">Mosig, Yozan Dirk W.</a> (1997). <i>Mosig at Last: A Psychologist Looks at H. P. Lovecraft</i> (1st ed.). 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P. Lovecraft)">Memory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Bugs" title="Old Bugs">Old Bugs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Transition_of_Juan_Romero" title="The Transition of Juan Romero">The Transition of Juan Romero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_White_Ship_(story)" title="The White Ship (story)">The White Ship</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Street_(short_story)" title="The Street (short story)">The Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath" title="The Doom That Came to Sarnath">The Doom That Came to Sarnath</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Statement_of_Randolph_Carter" title="The Statement of Randolph Carter">The Statement of Randolph Carter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Terrible_Old_Man" title="The Terrible Old Man">The Terrible Old Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tree_(short_story)" title="The Tree (short story)">The Tree</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cats_of_Ulthar" title="The Cats of Ulthar">The Cats of Ulthar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Temple_(Lovecraft_short_story)" title="The Temple (Lovecraft short story)">The Temple</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Facts_Concerning_the_Late_Arthur_Jermyn_and_His_Family" title="Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family">Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Celepha%C3%AFs" title="Celephaïs">Celephaïs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_Beyond_(short_story)" title="From Beyond (short story)">From Beyond</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nyarlathotep_(short_story)" title="Nyarlathotep (short story)">Nyarlathotep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Picture_in_the_House" title="The Picture in the House">The Picture in the House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ex_Oblivione" title="Ex Oblivione">Ex Oblivione</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Ermengarde" title="Sweet Ermengarde">Sweet Ermengarde</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Nameless_City" title="The Nameless City">The Nameless City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Quest_of_Iranon" title="The Quest of Iranon">The Quest of Iranon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Moon-Bog" title="The Moon-Bog">The Moon-Bog</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Outsider_(short_story)" title="The Outsider (short story)">The Outsider</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Other_Gods" title="The Other Gods">The Other Gods</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Music_of_Erich_Zann" title="The Music of Erich Zann">The Music of Erich Zann</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Herbert_West%E2%80%93Reanimator" title="Herbert West–Reanimator">Herbert West–Reanimator</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hypnos_(short_story)" title="Hypnos (short story)">Hypnos</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_the_Moon_Brings" title="What the Moon Brings">What the Moon Brings</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Azathoth_(short_story)" title="Azathoth (short story)">Azathoth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hound" title="The Hound">The Hound</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lurking_Fear" title="The Lurking Fear">The Lurking Fear</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Rats_in_the_Walls" title="The Rats in the Walls">The Rats in the Walls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Unnamable_(short_story)" title="The Unnamable (short story)">The Unnamable</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Festival_(short_story)" title="The Festival (short story)">The Festival</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Shunned_House" title="The Shunned House">The Shunned House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Horror_at_Red_Hook" title="The Horror at Red Hook">The Horror at Red Hook</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/He_(short_story)" title="He (short story)">He</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Vault" title="In the Vault">In the Vault</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cool_Air" title="Cool Air">Cool Air</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu" title="The Call of Cthulhu">The Call of Cthulhu</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pickman%27s_Model" title="Pickman's Model">Pickman's Model</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Key" title="The Silver Key">The Silver Key</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Strange_High_House_in_the_Mist" title="The Strange High House in the Mist">The Strange High House in the Mist</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Colour_Out_of_Space" title="The Colour Out of Space">The Colour Out of Space</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Descendant_(short_story)" title="The Descendant (short story)">The Descendant</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Necronomicon" title="History of the Necronomicon">History of the <i>Necronomicon</i></a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Very_Old_Folk" title="The Very Old Folk">The Very Old Folk</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ibid_(short_story)" title="Ibid (short story)">Ibid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dunwich_Horror" title="The Dunwich Horror">The Dunwich Horror</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dreams_in_the_Witch_House" title="The Dreams in the Witch House">The Dreams in the Witch House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep" title="The Thing on the Doorstep">The Thing on the Doorstep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Evil_Clergyman" title="The Evil Clergyman">The Evil Clergyman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Book_(short_story)" title="The Book (short story)">The Book</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Haunter_of_the_Dark" title="The Haunter of the Dark">The Haunter of the Dark</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novellas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream-Quest_of_Unknown_Kadath" title="The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath">The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Whisperer_in_Darkness" title="The Whisperer in Darkness">The Whisperer in Darkness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness" title="At the Mountains of Madness">At the Mountains of Madness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_over_Innsmouth" title="The Shadow over Innsmouth">The Shadow over Innsmouth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Out_of_Time" title="The Shadow Out of Time">The Shadow Out of Time</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_Ward" title="The Case of Charles Dexter Ward">The Case of Charles Dexter Ward</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Green_Meadow" title="The Green Meadow">The Green Meadow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Poetry_and_the_Gods" title="Poetry and the Gods">Poetry and the Gods</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Crawling_Chaos" title="The Crawling Chaos">The Crawling Chaos</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Horror_at_Martin%27s_Beach" title="The Horror at Martin's Beach">The Horror at Martin's Beach</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Pyramids" title="Under the Pyramids">Under the Pyramids</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Yig" title="The Curse of Yig">The Curse of Yig</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mound_(novella)" title="The Mound (novella)">The Mound</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Medusa%27s_Coil" title="Medusa's Coil">Medusa's Coil</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Horror_in_the_Museum" title="The Horror in the Museum">The Horror in the Museum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Through_the_Gates_of_the_Silver_Key" title="Through the Gates of the Silver Key">Through the Gates of the Silver Key</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_Aeons" title="Out of the Aeons">Out of the Aeons</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tree_on_the_Hill" title="The Tree on the Hill">The Tree on the Hill</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Till_A%27_the_Seas" title="Till A' the Seas">Till A' the Seas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Walls_of_Eryx" title="In the Walls of Eryx">In the Walls of Eryx</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Poetry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fungi_from_Yuggoth" title="Fungi from Yuggoth">Fungi from Yuggoth</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Essays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cancer_of_Superstition" title="The Cancer of Superstition">The Cancer of Superstition</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Supernatural_Horror_in_Literature" title="Supernatural Horror in Literature">Supernatural Horror in Literature</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Quebec_and_the_Stars" title="To Quebec and the Stars">To Quebec and the Stars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Autobiography:_Some_Notes_on_a_Nonentity" title="Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity">Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkham" title="Arkham">Arkham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft_Country" title="Lovecraft Country">Lovecraft Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%27lyeh" title="R'lyeh">R'lyeh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Necronomicon" title="Necronomicon">Abdul Alhazred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_West%E2%80%93Reanimator" title="Herbert West–Reanimator">Herbert West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Carter" title="Randolph Carter">Randolph Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Warren" title="Harley Warren">Harley Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azathoth" title="Azathoth">Azathoth</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cthulhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyarlathotep" title="Nyarlathotep">Nyarlathotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shub-Niggurath" title="Shub-Niggurath">Shub-Niggurath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastur" title="Hastur">Hastur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagon" title="Dagon">Dagon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books 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P. Lovecraft: A Life">H. P. Lovecraft: A Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft:_Against_the_World,_Against_Life" title="H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life">H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_H._P._Lovecraft_Encyclopedia" title="An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia">An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft:_A_Biography" title="Lovecraft: A Biography">Lovecraft: A Biography</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft:_A_Look_Behind_the_Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos">Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Themes/Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cosmicism" title="Cosmicism">Cosmicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror" title="Lovecraftian horror">Lovecraftian horror</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Necronomicon" title="Necronomicon">Necronomicon</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lovecraft Circle</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_Derleth" title="August Derleth">August Derleth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith" title="Clark Ashton Smith">Clark Ashton Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bloch" title="Robert Bloch">Robert Bloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Howard" title="Robert E. 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