Invented by Lovecraft in 1928, the name Cthulhu was probably chosen to echo the word chthonic (Ancient Greek "of the earth"), as apparently suggested by Lovecraft himself at the end of his 1923 tale " The Rats in the Walls". [3] The chthonic, or earth-dwelling, spirit has precedents in numerous ancient and medieval mythologies, often guarding mines and precious underground treasures, notably in the Germanic dwarfs and the Greek Chalybes, Telchines, or Dactyls. [4]

Demoulded the castings look quite dull, so it’s time to hit them up with some metal polish and fine grade wire wool. The outer layer of the casting has a layer of resin which needs to be removed. I use firegrate polish on my casting to help age them and brush them all over with the stuff before buffing with wire wool then buffing with a cloth and the difference is noticeable. Firegrate polish has a high percentage of graphite in which helps to darken down the casting and also sinks into the deeper recesses of the casting giving it an appearance of aged metal. You can mix raw graphite powder into the metal powder at the casting stage but it has to be worked out carefully or else you end up with a very dark finish. Petersen, Sandy; Willis, Lynn; Herber, Keith (1981). Call of Cthulhu (2ed.). Oakland, California: Chaosium. :What's in this box? Long after Lovecraft's death, Chaosium stated in the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game: "we say it kuh-THOOL-hu" ( / k ə ˈ θ uː l uː/), even while noting that Lovecraft said it differently. [9] Others use the pronunciation Katulu or Kutulu or / k ə ˈ t uː l uː/. [10] Description [ edit ] Bloch, Robert (1982). "Heritage of Horror". The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (1sted.). Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-35080-4. Main article: Cthulhu for President Poster from the 2010 Polish presidential election: The caption translates as "Choose the greater evil. Vote Cthulhu."Lovecraft, H. P. At the Mountains of Madness. p.66. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06 . Retrieved 2011-04-14.

Cthulhu has appeared as a parody candidate in several elections, including the 2010 Polish presidential election and the 2012 and 2016 US presidential elections. [21] [22] The faux campaigns usually satirize voters who claim to vote for the " lesser evil". Investigations into the cult activity in Innsmouth, Massachusetts has revealed that Cthulhu is also worshiped by the nonhuman creatures known as Deep Ones. ( HPL: " The Shadow Over Innsmouth") Zilli, Alberto; Holloway, Jeremy D. & Hogenes, Willem (2005). "An Overview of the Genus Speiredonia with Description of Seven New Species (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Aldrovandia. 1: 17–36. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22 – via Internet Archive. Although irrelevant to game progression, the Eye of Cthulhu will keep spawning naturally until defeated at least once.The Eye of Cthulhu appears in 2 games from a crossover event: Dungeon Defenders 2 as a boss and in Don't Starve Together, under the name " Eye of Terror" instead. Castro, a Cthulhu cultist reports that the Great Old Ones are telepathic and "knew all that was occurring in the universe." They were able to communicate with the first humans by "moulding their dreams," thus establishing the Cthulhu Cult, but after R'lyeh had sunk beneath the waves, "the deep waters, full of the one primal mystery through which not even thought can pass, had cut off the spectral intercourse." ( HPL: The Call of Cthulhu) The Eye of Cthulhu, among several other bosses, is based on Cthulhu, a creature first imagined by American author H. P. Lovecraft in his short story " The Call of Cthulhu". In "The Call of Cthulhu", 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." [11]

The priest Kathulos ( CIRCLE: "Skull-Face") is Cthulhu ( HPL: Selected Letters 3.421, " The Whisperer in Darkness")At least four town NPCs (including the Traveling Merchant and town pets ) are present in the world. Lovecraft, Howard P. (1999) [1928]. "The Call of Cthulhu". In S. T. Joshi (ed.). The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories. London, UK; New York, NY: Penguin Books. Archived from the original on November 26, 2009.

Horror master H.P. Lovecraft’s febrile imagination spawned a cosmos populated by horrific monsters that have held sway over mankind since time immemorial. The most powerful of them was Cthulhu, which he described 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 winds behind.” According to correspondence between Lovecraft and fellow author James F. Morton, Cthulhu's parent is the deity Nug, itself the offspring of Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath. Lovecraft includes a fanciful family tree in which he himself descends from Cthulhu via Shaurash-ho, Yogash the Ghoul, K'baa the Serpent, and Ghoth the Burrower. ( HPL: Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft 4.617).

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