Cthulhu is a cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", [2] published by the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, this creature has since been featured in numerous pop culture references.

克蘇魯 （英語： Cthulhu， / kəˈθuːluː /， kə-THOO-loo），是美国小说家 霍华德·菲利普·洛夫克拉夫特 创造的 克苏鲁神话 中所描述的 神灵。 在 奥古斯特·威廉·德雷斯 为 克苏鲁神话 构建的体系中，克蘇魯是 旧日支配者 之一 [1]，象征“水”的存在，是象征“风”的存在的 哈斯塔 的死敌。 小说《克蘇魯的呼喚》提到，它正沉睡于 南太平洋 的海底都市 拉莱耶，當群星到達正確的位置，克蘇魯就會復活並支配全世界。 頭部像 章魚，臉部長有像烏賊的無數 觸手，手腳擁有巨大的鉤爪，如 …

克苏鲁（Cthulhu）是美国小说家 霍华德·菲利普·洛夫克拉夫特 所创造的 克苏鲁神话 中的存在，是 旧日支配者 （Great Old Ones）之一。 虽然不是地位最高的，却是最知名的，也是克苏鲁神话的形象代表。 全称为“伟大的克苏鲁（Great Cthulhu）”，沉睡之神，拉莱耶之主，在 奥古斯特·威廉·德雷斯 为克苏鲁神话构建的元素论中其为象征“水”的存在之一。 在《伊波恩之书》中克苏鲁被称作克图尔特（Kthulhut）。 克苏鲁偶尔会利用精神感应与远处不特定的人类接触。 与克苏鲁 …

Theosophists have guessed at the awesome grandeur of the cosmic cycle wherein our world and human race form transient incidents. They have hinted at strange survivals in terms which would freeze the blood if not masked by a bland optimism.

Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by H. P. Lovecraft for his short story " The Call of Cthulhu ". First appearing in the February 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, he is depicted as an octopoid Great Old One of enormous power who lies in a death-like slumber in his sunken city of R'lyeh beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Cthulhu, fictional entity created by fantasy-horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and introduced in his story “The Call of Cthulhu,” first published in the magazine Weird Tales in 1928.

Among the notes is a small bas-relief sculpture of a scaly creature which yields "simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature." The sculptor, a Rhode Island art student named Henry Anthony Wilcox, based the work on delirious dreams of "great Cyclopean cities of titan blocks and sky-flung monoliths."

It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance. The story is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative.

Cthulhu (alternate spellings / names: Tulu, Cthulu, Cutlu and many others) is a fictional character, one of a pantheon of fictional Great Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos in the writings of H. P. Lovecraft.

The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales collects 23 of Lovecraft’s greatest weird tales, including “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Colour out of Space,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “The Shadow over Innsmouth,” and “The Shadow out of Time.” It also features six collaborative “revisions” through which Lovecraft expanded the scope of his dark mythology.