Cthulhu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.

/kəˈθuːlu/ /kəˈtuːlu/ En-us-Cthulhu.ogg

Cthulhu Ktulu Kutulu

Invented in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story The Call of Cthulhu. Possibly based on chthonic (“dwelling under the earth”).

Lovecraftian

Cthulhuesque Cthulhian Cthulhic

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