Elements of The Cthulhu Mythos - Non-fictional Elements

Non-fictional Elements

The Cthulhu Mythos incorporates many historical, astronomical, and mythological elements from the real world.

  • Aldebaran, a star
  • Bast, cat goddess of ancient Egypt
  • Book of Dzyan
  • Celaeno, a star in the Pleiades
  • Dagon, the Mesopotamian fish god of vegetation and fertility
  • John Dee, a historical person
  • Fomalhaut, a star
  • Giant Penguin, although these ones are evolved albino versions
  • H. P. Lovecraft, as himself
  • Hypnos, the god of sleep in Greek mythology
  • Irem, City of Pillars, a legendary buried city from Islamic mythology (possibly the lost city of Ubar)
  • Lemuria, a fabled land bridge, but a lost continent in the mythos
  • Nodens, the Hunter, a Celtic deity worshipped in ancient Britain
  • Olaus Wormius, Danish antiquary cited as translator of the Necronomicon
  • Pluto, identified by Lovecraft as Yuggoth
  • Ponape, an island
  • The Severn Valley, in England
  • Tunguska, in Siberia
  • The Voynich Manuscript
  • Wendigo, borrowed from Native American mythology

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