"Mythos" Category

Lovecraft and Cthulhu Parchment

28 March 2010, posted by Tulu

A mysterious parchment of unkown origin depicting an eyeless H. P. Lovecraft surrounded by what looks like a long-nailed Cthulhu and some indecipherable spells:

Cthulhu Lovecraft Parchment

> DURR.

The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu

17 March 2010, posted by Tulu

After what seemed a point- and endless quest in the aeon-old vacuity of the tubes, I finally found the best way to introduce my little one to the marvels of the Mythos and help her find her way into the Cult’s warm embracing hug. This video is the optimal educational tool to start early in paving your little ones’ path into the terror of their meaningless lives.

And as it says in the video’s commentary:

This series has won multiple awards and has been enthusiastically approved by the department of child-developmental psychology at Miskatonic University.

Sounds reassuring, don’t you think?

Adam Koford’s Contributions to the Mythos

16 March 2010, posted by Tulu

A wonderful contribution to the Mythos by Adam Koford, aka the Ape Lad:

Cthulhu
Cthulhu

Cthulhu Monkey
Cthulhu Monkey

Number 108 Cthulhu Carl
Number 108 Cthulhu Carl

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #162
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #162

Oh hai there, I can haz ur planet?

26 February 2010, posted by Tulu

You must be thinking: “Yet another cheesy nerdy Cthulhu t-shirt!” But you are wrong this time because this one is sort of special in its own special way. It’s actually more than just a t-shirt. It’s a door to omniscience, to the eternity of unspeakable horrors, to the sad truth of our long lost future battle for the survival of humankind. Wow.

And it’s only 10$ over at Shirt.Woot.

Oh hai there, I can haz ur planet?

It also comes with a wonderful description too:

IN YR CEILIN, SHATTERIN YR MINDZ

I ARE BAK! MIZ ME?
WUZ SLEEPY TIE-TIE IN MI SUNKED CITI OF R’LYEH BUT NOW R SOOOOOO HUNGREEZ! TIME FR CRAZEE HUMAN INSANITEES? I CAN HAZ?
OH. U IZ BIZZIE WIF TUG-TUG TIME. I COME BAK LATERZ FR YR MADNEZZ.

KTHXBAI!

Wear this shirt: to Innsmouth.

Don’t wear this shirt: in front of Ceiling Cat. HE R JEALOUS.

This shirt tells the world: “What’s that sound? Could that be Lovecraft spinning in his grave?”

We call this color: Great Old One Heather Grey

The Necronomicon is good for you

8 February 2010, posted by Tulu

Do you want to be a nicer person? Are you looking for inspiration to do good things? Well keep looking. But if you’re into opening up terrifying vistas of reality then the Esoteric Order of the Old Ones and Cthulhu Cultists want to help. Contact us today to find out how.

> Schizodoxe

Daikichi Amano’s Cthulhu Cult Investigations

4 June 2009, posted by Tulu

Daikichi Amano (whose real name remains a mystery) is a very secretive paranormal investigator from Japan who uses the cover of this fake “artistic” website to publish the results of his investigations on the very popular cult of Cthulhu and Dagon in his homeland.

In his latest update, he displays the horrors of human sacrifice, a widespread practice among Nipponese cultists, and gives us the rare proof that the Deep Ones aren’t just a myth invented by H. P. Lovecraft in his description of the terrifying town of Innsmouth.

Let’s have a look at his new findings:

After catching a group of Deep Ones in its nets by accident:

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this grisly group of saddened cultists:

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was forced to offer a human sacrifice to appease its feared Gods’ wrath:

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As the tradition wants it, the poor girl was methodically tortured and cephalopodically suffocated:

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She finally died in a pool of her own blood mixed to the replete octopi’s gooey slime:

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only to be resurrected as a Hybrid a few days later in one of the cultits bathtub:

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We can only hope that Daikichi Amano’s true identity will never be revealed and wish that his amazing work of publishing the secret horrors that are perpetrated behind our dull backs will never stop.

The Eben Brooks Band’s Hey There Cthulhu

15 April 2009, posted by Tulu

A poignant ode to Cthulhu, full of insane love and madly cute, by The Eben Brooks Band:

Live and vibrant

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Nox Arcana’s Necronomicon – A Visual Tribute

7 April 2009, posted by Tulu

Nox Arcana - Necronomicon

In 2004, the US gothic band Nox Arcana released Necronomicon, their musical ode to H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. A fantastic piece of dark audio art for all Mythos fans and musique noire lovers.

The Necronomicon is said to contain the lost knowledge of the Elder Gods, the ancient lords of darkness that held dominion over the Earth aeons ago. Believed to hold the key to opening forgotten gateways between worlds, the text prophesies the return of the Great Old Ones and contains forbidden rituals of summoning that will bring about their resurrection.
Now, for the first time ever, the Necronomicon is set to music with this dark symphony by Nox Arcana. This epic concept album based on H.P. Lovecraft’s legendary book of shadows features a mixture of exotic, dark fantasy themes with 21 tracks of ominous orchestrations, Gothic choirs, Egyptian and Middle-Eastern melodies, eerie voices and otherworldly chants. This musical grimoire is a spellbinding tribute to the Cthulhu Mythos—a powerful and sinister soundtrack to evoke your darkest nightmare.
This cd is dedicated to the memory of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, with special thanks to August Derleth and Arkham House for keeping the mythos alive.

Although the full album can be streamed on Necronomicon’s last.fm page (you can also listen to a few tracks on Nox Arcana’s website), I’ve done a little bit of research and collected the following videos that use the album’s tracks as musical background to display mythos-related slideshows. I’m still missing Eldritch Rites (track 10) and The Great Old Ones (track 21). If anyone finds them, please post them in the comments.

1. Mythos

2. The Nameless City

3. Alhazred’s Vision

4. Necronomicon

5. Ancient Shadows

6. Azathoth / 7. The Black Throne

8. Nyarlathotep

9. Temple of the Black Pharaoh (official video)

11. The Haunter of the Dark

12. The Awakening

13. Yog-Sothoth / 14. Guardian of the Gate

15. Lords of Darkness (sound only)

16. Dagon

17. The Stars Align

18. Cthulhu / 20. Cthulhu Rising

19. Ritual of Summoning

20. Cthulhu Rising

    Tracklist:

      1. Mythos
      2. The Nameless City
      3. Alhazred’s Vision
      4. Necronomicon
      5. Ancient Shadows
      6. Azathoth
      7. The Black Throne
      8. Nyarlathotep
      9. Temple of the Black Pharaoh
      10. Eldritch Rites
      11. The Haunter of the Dark
      12. The Awakening
      13. Yog-Sothoth
      14. Guardian Of The Gate
      15. Lords Of Darkness
      16. Dagon
      17. The Stars Align
      18. Cthulhu
      19. Ritual Of Summoning
      20. Cthulhu Rising
      21. The Great Old Ones

Label: Monolith Graphics
Catalog#: MG 1002
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2004

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