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.

Cthulhu is characterized as the priest or leader of the Old Ones, a species that came to Earth from the stars before human life arose. The Old Ones went dormant, and their city slipped under Earth’s crust beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Cthulhu is a major antagonist and the titular character of the Cthulhu Mythos by the late famed horror author H. P. Lovecraft, first appearing as the titular main antagonist of the 1928 story The Call of Cthulhu . He is one of the Great Old Ones, an old race of deities that are comparable to cosmic beings and archdemons in other works of fantasy.

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.

The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent and protégé of Lovecraft, to identify the settings, tropes, and lore that were employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors.

Cthulhu Mythos deities are a group of fictional deities created by American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), and later expanded by others in the fictional universe known as the Cthulhu mythos. These entities are usually depicted as immensely powerful and utterly indifferent to humans.

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 (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.

𝓦𝐓 " The Call of Cthulhu " is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in August and September 1926 and originally serialized in the February 1928 issue of Weird Tales. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a …

American author H. P. Lovecraft‘s gothic horror story “The Call of Cthulhu” has become iconic for its depiction of the monster Cthulhu, one of Lovecraft’s so-called Eldritch Gods (or Eldritch Abominations), which have entered popular culture as a category of …