Connections To Other Lovecraft Tales
- The ghoul Richard Upton Pickman first appeared in "Pickman's Model" (1927) in which he is still human and painting nightmare creatures he calls forth as models.
- The priest Atal appears as a boy and youth in two earlier tales, "The Cats of Ulthar" (1920) and "The Other Gods" (1933), respectively, which fully describe events alluded to in The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath.
- Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos, is frequently mentioned in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos tales, but his appearance here is the only time he interacts meaningfully with any of Lovecraft's characters.
- Nyarlathotep also appears in the sonnet cycle Fungi from Yuggoth.
- Kuranes was introduced in the short story "Celephaïs" (1920), as a person who abandoned his earthly life in favor of the Dreamlands.
- Carter alludes to the travels of the lighthouse keeper and main character of The White Ship.
- Leng is referenced in several other of Lovecraft's works, including The Hound and At the Mountains of Madness, although its location differs in each instance.
- Kadath is mentioned by name in the quote from the extended quote from the Necronomicon in The Dunwich Horror. Kadath is also briefly mentioned in At the Mountains of Madness.
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