![]() Lovecraft Companion, divided the gods from the mythos into two basic categories: there are the “Outer Ones” who dwell in the center of the fictional universe and are thus unreachable, and then there are the “Great Old Ones” such as Cthulhu himself, who lives as a prisoner in the city of R’lyeh on Earth. Scholars and fans of Lovecraft’s work have attempted to subcategorize the gods within the Cthulhu Mythos. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings.” He is described as a god who slumbers in the sea, with humanity living in constant fear that he’ll awaken. In the story, Cthulhu is described as a composite of an “octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature…. The name is derived from Lovecraft’s character Cthulhu, who is the subject of his story “The Call of Cthulhu” which was first published in Weird Tales in 1926. ![]()
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