Cthulhu

• Ktulu, Kutulu

Invented in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story The Call of Cthulhu. Possibly based on chthonic (“dwelling under the earth”).

• IPA^(key): (widely used spelling pronunciation) /kəˈθuːluː/, /kəˈtuːluː/

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• Rhymes: -uːlu, -uː

• Lovecraft used various approximations of what he imagined as a name not pronounceable by humans, none of which he described clearly.

Cthulhu

1. A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.
   • 1928, H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu:

     Then, bolder than the storied Cyclops, great Cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency.

• Cthulhuesque
• Cthulhian
• Cthulhic

• Lovecraftian

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