#lovecraftian-mythos

[bethanythebogwitch]

One thing I see a lot in cosmic horror stories is the idea that the great old ones or whatever view humans as like ants. The metaphor being that most people don't even think about ants unless the ants start doing something like getting into their house (which would be like people doing rituals to summon the great old ones) and think nothing of killing them. Occasionally you get the kid who likes burning ants with a magnifying glass, which would be Nyarlathotep.

However, using the same metaphor, we have people who are fascinated by ants, who study them for a living and for fun, and who work to conserve ants and keep them alive. If the metaphor holds, we should see great old ones who are interested in humans but aren't hostile.

What I'm saying is that I want a story where humanity discovers an eldritch abomination that proceeds to start doing a study on our habits and biology and appealing to the other great old ones to set up a nature preserve for our conservation.

#cosmic horror #lovecraftian #cthulhu mythos #great old one #science #story ideas

[sharkestry]

Carcosa? The monstrous city at which unspeakable horrors are done in name of the great old one Hastur they call their leader? Great. How much is the average rent price?

The king of Carcosa will eventually consume and destroy the entire city with everyone in it when the time comes to increase his power? Well that's every politician ever for you, tell me something new.

The entire city is populated by a cult that worships the King and they often do unspeakable horrors in his name? Yes im aware with how political parties work

The nearby lake of Hali is said to be inhabited by a being of unspeakable power which sometimes comes into conflict with the spawn of Cthulhu at that lake? YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS PLACE EVEN HAS A NICE LAKE TO SIT NEXT TO!? And yes I am also aware about how tourists can be annoying sometimes.

Your spooky "Black stars on a bright sky" you keep mentioning imply there is little air pollution, since seeing a large amount of stars in a city is often wishful thinking. Housing crisis considered this place doesn't seem half bad

#hastur #the king in yellow #the feaster #lovecraft #lovecraftian horror #funny #literature #books #book #feaster #carcosa #Cthulhu #cthulhu mythos #cosmic horror

[painsleep]

Dunwich Horror. I mean, she was from the barn so she was supposed to be cottagecore

#cotton valent #lovecraftian #cthulhu mythos #the dunwich horror

[facts-i-just-made-up]

I am a cosmic horror who lives in the shell of a kid. what next?

All cosmic horrors begin in the shells of children. What's next is to decide: Will you inflict the chaos you suffered onto the next child, or protect them from it? Thus as we shed our first skins, we either decay into cosmic horrors or grow and bring compassion to that cosmos.

Until then, probably Nintendo and potato chips.

#cosmic horror #hp lovecraft #lovecraftian horror #cthulhu mythos #life the universe and everything

[60zcowboy]

#70zcowboyposting #yog sothoth #hp lovecraft #lovecraftian #lovecraft mythos #eldritch #cthulhu

[valhahazred]

Dreamlanders

A lot of the beings mentioned in the Dream Quest are barely described if they even get more than a name-drop. As I generally try to avoid Chaosium canon, that gave me a lot of freedom to do whatever I wanted.

The sniflunk is a particular case. It's almost entirely original, only known from the story by the mysterious webbed footprints surrounding Carter's exsanguinated riding zebra.

#my art #cthulhu mythos #eldritch #Dreamland #lovecraftian #dream quest of unknown kadath #strange aeons #creature design #wamp #shatak #spider #great ones #ghoul #ghast #nightgaunt #zoog #satyr

[salmonpiffy]

The Messenger’s invitation

#my art #doodle #original character #and also #fan art #sort of? #lovecraftian #cthulhu mythos #outer gods #nyarlathotep #this is from my oc story

[frostllamzon]

Dr. Constance De Winter

John Horace Daniels

Petra Powell

#art #artist #call of cthulhu #cthulhu #horror #lovecraftian horror #lovecraft #digital art #illustration #cthulhu mythos

[who-canceled-roger-rabbit]

Nobody:

Transphobes on the internet describing encounters with trans people going about their lives:

#trans #transgender #eldritch #eldritch horror #cthulhu mythos #lovecraftian #lovecraft #h. p. lovecraft #h.p. lovecraft #h p lovecraft #hp lovecraft #hpl #hpl shitposting #there's a they wolf in my closet #meme #shitpost

[malebeja1]

• Hastur, The Shepherd •

It's been a while since I last drew him.

#lovecraftian #lovecraft #hastur #hp lovecraft #digital #illustration #digital art #king in yellow #cthulhu mythos #haita the shepherd reference

[aromatenmalen]

here we have Lovecraft, Hastur and Nyarlathotep,,,,,,,

#depression creature #adhd creature #autism creature #hp lovecraft #the king in yellow #rw chambers #nyarlathotep #cthulhu mythos #lovecraftian #lovecraft #hastur #digital sketch #btw creature #tbh creature #just some silly doodles

[tenebris-metallum]

PART TWO of my Cthulhu Mythos tarot project! Here we have numbers THREE THROUGH SIX!

We have The Empress as an idol to Shub-Naggath, The Emperor as who else but The King in Yellow himself, The Hierophant as Cthulhu himself, and The Lovers as Yog-Sothoth and Lavinia Whateley (and Wilbur Whateley)

Very very happy with these, even if it took me a while to get them done. Hopefully the next set (The Chariot, Justice, The Hermit, and Wheel of Fortune) will go a little easier

PART ONE!

#cthulhu mythos #digital art #hastur #the king in yellow #cthulhu #yog sothoth #lavinia whateley #wilbur whateley #lovecraft #lovecraftian #tarot #shub niggurath #shub naggath #the emperor #the empress #the hierophant #the lovers #robert w chambers #hp lovecraft

[windsweptinred]

"I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask."

#the king in yellow #hastur #cthulhu mythos #robert w chambers #lovecraftian #lovecraft #cosmic horror #malevolent #malevolent podcast #tentacles #my artwork #My pen and ink scribbles #My digital art

[painsleep]

Hastur - King In Yellow

#cthulhu mythos #lovecraftian #hastur #king in yellow #cotton valent

[album-aurum]

Little Cthulhu is overwhelmed, little Cthulhu is calling.

#lovecraft #h.p. lovecraft #call of cthulhu #cthulhu mythos #lovecraftian horror #cthulu #art

[chasedbybuildings]

Original cover art by Howard Brown from Astounding Stories, June 1936, for H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time.

A scan of the original story (from Volume 17, No. 4) can be seen at the Internet Archive.

#howard brown #hp lovecraft #astounding stories #pulp magazine #the shadow out of time #1930s pulps #illustration #pulp #art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage magazine #cthulhu #cthulhu mythos #lovecraftian #horror