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Line 1: − + − '''Cthulhu''' (pronounced "K'Thoo Loo") (Other spellings: Kutulu, Ktulu, Cthulu, Kthulhut, Thu Thu, Tulu) is a fictional entity (called one of the "Great Old Ones") variously described as a "sleeping" or "dreaming" in the works of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Cthulhu sleeps in the sunken city of R'lyeh and when the stars are right, will reawaken ushering in the destruction of humanity. It is featured in the eponymous short story [[The Call of Cthulhu]], as well as many other works by both Lovecraft and his contemporaries. − − Some have suggested a connection between Cthulhu and Judeo-Christian figures such as [[Satan]], though this comparison is shaky at best. In every Lovecraft story, the universe is full of strange and terrible entities that humans mistakenly call Gods; Cthulhu being a powerful but not unique creature with Godlike powers. Lovecraft himself was an [[atheist]], and his stories reflected his views of humanity's role in the universe as insignificant and at the mercy of greater, unknown powers. − − In 1932, Lovecraft himself declared: "All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival of personality exist. They are the most preposterous and unjustified of all the guesses which can be made about the universe, and I am not enough of a hair-splitter to pretend that I don't regard them as arrant and negligible moonshine. In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of radical evidence I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist."<ref>H.P. Lovecraft Letter to Robert E. Howard (August 16, 1932), in Selected Letters 1932-1934 (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1976), p.57.</ref> − − ==References== − {{Reflist}} − *http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/index.html − − [[Category:Fantasy]]
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