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This horrific creature appeared in The Call of Cthulhua short story by American author HP Lovecraft published in 1928 that soon became a horror classic.
She is an evil cosmic entity, worshiped by an ancient sect that seeks to bring her back to our astral plane – which would trigger the apocalypse. Lovecraft created such a terrifying monster that he became popular and inspired from rock bands like Metallica to movies like Re-Animatorand series such as Supernatural It is South Park.
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A Californian species of spider discovered in 1994 was named pimoa cthulhu in honor of the villain
Don’t look at him! According to the author, the mere sight of the monster causes madness
The horror! The horror!
Cthulhu is depicted as a cross between a giant, an octopus, and a dragon, with a tentacled head, a rubbery, scaly body, bat-like wings, and claws on his hands and feet. According to Lovecraft, he represents an evil so ancient and terrible that a glimpse of it would drive any human to the brink of insanity. This even generated an adjective of its own: “lovecraftian”
conjuring
Second The Call of Cthulhu, this being lurks in R’lyeh, a submerged city in the South Pacific. Although secret, its presence causes undefined anxiety and terror in the collective unconscious of humanity. The only ones who know of his existence are a sect that tries to wake him up with the chant “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”
expanding myth
Lovecraft’s (and other authors’) subsequent works expanded the mythology surrounding the animal. He is one of the Ancients, cosmic deities that predate man and are at constant war. His greatest rival is Hastur, The Unspeakable, an elemental of air. (Speaking of pronunciation, the correct way to say the monster’s name is «clutâlu», with a very guttural and alien sound)