I’m glad to see Hyperborea mentioned. One of my favorite Lovecraftian settings. One interesting detail not mentioned is the location’s connection to Lovecraft’s contemporary, Robert E. Howard who’s character Conan (the barbarian) often adventured in Hyperborea. For anyone interested, a third of Brian Lumley’s Titus Crow trilogy takes place in Hyperborea and heavily features Ithaqua. Moves away from the horror and approaches it with a protag that is more akin to Dr. Who, dealing with the mythos creatures armed with knowledge/witts.
This is why I love the Lovecraft genre. Even after H.P.’s death many writers have taken inspiration not just to make separate works but to create work that is intended to be woven into and expand Lovecraft’s worlds. In some ways it’s like the pre-internet precursor to fanfic fandom communities.
I'm no expert, but he published most of his works in sci-fi magazines back in the 30s, before comic books really took off, so in a way they were kind of a precursor to horror comics that became popular in the late 40s. The comic book industry has always relied heavily on creating a story within a mythos created by somebody else, so it wouldn't surprise me if it worked in a similar way for sci-fi stories in the 30's.
From those places Arkham and Dunwich are probably my favorite locations. There is something fascinating and eerie about places set in our world that are not that far away from other real cities but which just drip with secrets and an atmosphere that makes you both want to look for it and stay the hell away at the same time.
Like Willy Wonka's factory or a giant Gingerbread house. They look good, but once inside, you'll be cooked, then killed, then eaten alive by creepy monsters.
I grew up in New England, and Lovecraft towns have a very New England feel. I especially like Dunwich. There are dozens of small communities that remind me of that.
just make sure you choose the right tunnels take a wrong turn and you'll end up in a pitch black room filled with people chanting "lovecraft was racist and therefore no one can enjoy his work. time and history are not relevant. ruin all that is good with all that is mediocre."
@@MythologyFictionExplained Just discovered your channel. Watched 1st your video mentioning Heltra and that mentioned "The Yellow emperor" . Not much of a reader, So I've never heard before anything about "Lovecraft" or any other authors you mentioned. The seamless transition of some of the visuals in this video were spooky. I've for a while been wanting to start writing a novel to get published, but been having doubts about IF i have the talent to *EVEN BEGIN* getting started writing a novel. *PLEASE* {if it were to okay with you} when you return to make more videos, you film an interview with an author {of popular fiction} to talk about how to get started writing a novel {including how to know how to start your story from a blank page & how to get inspiration to expand on your ideas}. A live recorded interview with the person sitting in an armchair facing the camera is what I was thinking without your face being shown & just only your voice being heard. *IF* you accept my request do the video however you see fit. 👏📚▶️🎭
A few years back I was surprised to hear of a city in India called "Sarnath", and "The Doom that came to Sarnath " has always been a favorite Lovecraft story of mine. I wonder, did Lovecraft know of the Indian city?
"Just don`t forget, if it ever goes too tough...there is always a place for you here." - Joker to Batman in "Arkham Asylum. A Serious House On Serious Earth" by Grant Morrison.
Because Lovecraft’s works are written with an older style of prose than modern writings it can sometimes create a ‘barrier to entry’ for new readers. Kind of like reading Shakespear for the first time. You can read the words but you don’t quite grasp what’s being said. Just go into it knowing that some of it will go over your head. Just enjoy the atmosphere and follow up any story you read by watching YT vids to pick up stray details and it should be a good time.
I love the classic locations (Arkham, Dunwich, and Innsmouth mostly), but I've always been intrigued with the murkier and more ambiguous locales of Lovecraft. Some of them towards the later part of the list were refreshing to get a vague look at how the location may appear. I'd like a part 2 to this. The more mysterious the location, the better in my opinion.
@@mackereltabbie it seems that Lovecrafts racism mellowed in his later years as his world view and knowledge expanded. In letters he writes about how his beliefs stemmed from ignorance and that he recanted a lot of his harsher beliefs from his younger days. By the time of his death, I think Anglophile might be an appropriate description as he still held many of the beliefs about English superiority and whatnot, but was far less egregious otherwise.
As a fan of Lovecraft and August Derleth for DECADES, I've been enjoying these Lovecraft videos immensely. You can't do better than Lovecraft for Halloween!
There are so many classic locations! I would say that Innsmouth is fascinating as is the Nameless City. And of course, Arkham is the gift that keeps giving to many authors that came later.
Will you do a video about Gaia? I’ve recently stumbled upon this channel and started binging videos lol but haven’t seen one for her. Thanks for all your hard work 💚
I think you could do a whole show on Arkham alone, lol, especially if you use the Cthulhu role playing game material which really broadens the towns history and has been stamped approved by those close to Lovecrafts work. As for Innsmouth, I think the authorities launched torpedoes at Devils Reef rather than set explosives, but tomato, tomatoe I guess.
Ambrose Bierce and Robert Chambers pre date Lovecraft, so it would be accurate to say Lovecraft drew inspiration from them instead of the other way around.
It was actually the White Sybil who foretold of Commoriom's downfall, but another of Clark Ashton Smith's stories "The Testament of Athammaus" claims that Commoriom was doomed by Knygathin Zhaum, a wicked descendant of Tsathoggua. Perhaps both stories are correct, perhaps neither. Either way, Commoriom fell.
I believe that there's enough overlap in the two author's works that it could be argued that they were writing in a shared universe, just at different points in time.
He did mention that the Greeks came up with Hyperborea, and many authors at the time were classically trained, so they were all aware of Hyperborea. Clark Ashton Smith's version of Hyperborea is actually pre-frozen Greenland.
@@rikusschulze6249 Pen pals. They never met in person, but they admired and respected each other's work. Lovecraft wrote a glowing obituary for Howard after the latter's suicide.
May I recommend you the animated movie called "Fire and Ice" Ralph Bakshi as to me it fit perfectly with Hyperborean myths and the ruins in it reminds me of Commoriom and the "subhumans" reminds me of the voomies.
Where Plum Island is located, there is a place where the insmuth was allegedly located. If you look from a satellite, you can see a map-plan of the city. There are also destroyed buildings and square-shaped lakes.
Bierce and Chambers inspired Lovecraft, not inspired by Lovecraft. I'm know Bierce was dead before Lovecraft was even born and I'm pretty sure Chambers was the generation before Lovecraft. Still, a great video as always!
You can make the first sound of the Cthulhuian language by pressing your tongue to the roof of your mouth in different orientations while pronouncing the syllable of the word. Cth'ulhu would be said cth sounding like kruth but barely saying the u and raising the front part of your tongue to the roof of your mouth and then lu.
hmm..that's a hard one but i think Carcosa is my favorite. mostly for the fact that it embodies cosmic horror more then any other location since it is so unknown n of of the few things we do know about it is that it can serve as a link to our reality like a portal or glitch in the matrix, it is both very real n competely unreal n impossible as well as a dream land n a physical material place. edit: also i love the way its spelled n pronounced. i love the way it rolls off the tongue n sounds like a curse or a word embued with dark magic.
@Mythology&Fiction Is there any chance you could please do a video revolving around the pioneer behind the Cthulhu Mythos and animated movies involving him: H.P. Lovecraft?
I just realized that the recent Godzilla King of Monsters movie could easily have a Lovecratian end. Those sleeping monsters were pretty much worshiped by ancient people while modern humans are ready to sacrifice billions to wake them up and reset the world.
I would be REALLY interested to hear some videos on ancient mythology (Ancient Mesopotamian and Zoroastrianism). Jumping back to a few millennia BCE I think would be really fun!
IMHO it sucks. Less about Lovecraftian horror conspiracies and more about gross-out effects, characters and situations that have little or nothing to do with Lovecraft's stories, and a bit too woke for my tastes (perhaps in a backlash to lovecraft's quite awful and inexcusable racism). Not against the characters and racial situations per se, but it comes across as a bit on the nose and takes the focus off of the weird/cosmic horror of lovecraft's universe and places it on modern racial conflict. YMMV.
Wonder what lovecraft stories have secret cities in em… I listen to ; “The Mound” and it was really good: I what to find more like it with perhaps ancient cities of pharaohs or other bizarre races
In real life I've been to places where the locals just cannot see the strangeness of some City Planning. It's sensible why they don't care but they still don't care that they have no idea what's inside. The most dramatic I've ever found was a hidden garden. Everyone just thought it was part of some building but it was actually part of a old public park. So I can't remember the name what the story where that guy was playing the violin. I like that one because it seems very believable that you would have people that live in a city that they don't even understand its borders despite the intimate understanding of so many things
Had to leave the WoW classic cave to make a video, I'm going back now. See you next year.
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I’m glad to see Hyperborea mentioned. One of my favorite Lovecraftian settings. One interesting detail not mentioned is the location’s connection to Lovecraft’s contemporary, Robert E. Howard who’s character Conan (the barbarian) often adventured in Hyperborea.
For anyone interested, a third of Brian Lumley’s Titus Crow trilogy takes place in Hyperborea and heavily features Ithaqua. Moves away from the horror and approaches it with a protag that is more akin to Dr. Who, dealing with the mythos creatures armed with knowledge/witts.
Please do more Cthulhu mythos, it's an underrated subject that has so much potential
What server?
Mythology & Fiction Explained Make a fast video about Journey to the West
This is why I love the Lovecraft genre. Even after H.P.’s death many writers have taken inspiration not just to make separate works but to create work that is intended to be woven into and expand Lovecraft’s worlds.
In some ways it’s like the pre-internet precursor to fanfic fandom communities.
I think it is. To me the Lovecraftverse was the grandaddy of internet fanfic communities.
I'm no expert, but he published most of his works in sci-fi magazines back in the 30s, before comic books really took off, so in a way they were kind of a precursor to horror comics that became popular in the late 40s. The comic book industry has always relied heavily on creating a story within a mythos created by somebody else, so it wouldn't surprise me if it worked in a similar way for sci-fi stories in the 30's.
But seemingly they're similar in form only
From those places Arkham and Dunwich are probably my favorite locations. There is something fascinating and eerie about places set in our world that are not that far away from other real cities but which just drip with secrets and an atmosphere that makes you both want to look for it and stay the hell away at the same time.
Like Willy Wonka's factory or a giant Gingerbread house. They look good, but once inside, you'll be cooked, then killed, then eaten alive by creepy monsters.
I'm a Kingsport fan myself... Love the dreamy atmosphere!
I grew up in New England, and Lovecraft towns have a very New England feel. I especially like Dunwich. There are dozens of small communities that remind me of that.
I've fallen down the Lovecraft rabbit hole and I have no plans to crawl out
Pfff... like the nameless horror woulda let you...
Give my regards to Yoggie for me, eh?
Welcome. Stay away from Shug.
just make sure you choose the right tunnels
take a wrong turn and you'll end up in a pitch black room filled with people chanting "lovecraft was racist and therefore no one can enjoy his work. time and history are not relevant. ruin all that is good with all that is mediocre."
Have any wild dreams yet!!
Ambrose Bierce and Robert W. Chambers wrote about Carcosa before Lovecraft. He didn't inspire them, they inspired him.
Very true considering Bierce died before Lovecraft even had a story published.
More on bierse would rock
The King in Yellow is also likely the inspiration for the Necronomicon--a book that seemingly brings ruin to whomever reads its pages.
@@MythologyFictionExplained Just discovered your channel. Watched 1st your video mentioning Heltra and that mentioned "The Yellow emperor" . Not much of a reader, So I've never heard before anything about "Lovecraft" or any other authors you mentioned. The seamless transition of some of the visuals in this video were spooky. I've for a while been wanting to start writing a novel to get published, but been having doubts about IF i have the talent to *EVEN BEGIN* getting started writing a novel. *PLEASE* {if it were to okay with you} when you return to make more videos, you film an interview with an author {of popular fiction} to talk about how to get started writing a novel {including how to know how to start your story from a blank page & how to get inspiration to expand on your ideas}. A live recorded interview with the person sitting in an armchair facing the camera is what I was thinking without your face being shown & just only your voice being heard. *IF* you accept my request do the video however you see fit. 👏📚▶️🎭
@@Friendship1nmillion If you'd like to become a writer and get published, you should probably consider becoming an avid reader
Spider with human face? Spinning a thread that connects the waking realm and the dreamlands? Ah Miyazaki, I see you.
Fear the old blood... FEAR IT LAWRENCE!
or Derry
Thats fucked...I seen something like that before in the clouds...Wtf
Whaaaaaat.....
Also, Koh the Face Stealer from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
A few years back I was surprised to hear of a city in India called "Sarnath", and "The Doom that came to Sarnath " has always been a favorite Lovecraft story of mine.
I wonder, did Lovecraft know of the Indian city?
I wouldn't be surprised.
Props to the artwork! It really adds to the atmosphere.
(hears Arkham)
Must. Not. Make. Batman jokes.
"Just don`t forget, if it ever goes too tough...there is always a place for you here."
- Joker to Batman in "Arkham Asylum. A Serious House On Serious Earth" by Grant Morrison.
I was thinking the same. How to insult lovecraft, but still laughing.
Serious question though, is this where they got the name for the prison?
@@MartinsGarage97 Yes, actually.
@@MartinsGarage97 Yes, and it's not a prison, but an insane asylum.
In Silver Age DC the Necronomicon also shows up
It’s amazing to see how many of these locations influenced other fictions and at the same time were inspired by real life.
I was never that big into Lovecraft, but this video has me wanting to buy a collection of his work.
Because Lovecraft’s works are written with an older style of prose than modern writings it can sometimes create a ‘barrier to entry’ for new readers. Kind of like reading Shakespear for the first time. You can read the words but you don’t quite grasp what’s being said.
Just go into it knowing that some of it will go over your head. Just enjoy the atmosphere and follow up any story you read by watching YT vids to pick up stray details and it should be a good time.
His prose is beautiful, it's part of what makes Lovecraft a joy to read
Twas a dark night upon Arkham.
I couldn't help it, I'm sorry.
You are forgiven :)
I love the classic locations (Arkham, Dunwich, and Innsmouth mostly), but I've always been intrigued with the murkier and more ambiguous locales of Lovecraft. Some of them towards the later part of the list were refreshing to get a vague look at how the location may appear. I'd like a part 2 to this. The more mysterious the location, the better in my opinion.
Can you please do more videos on Exploring Magic? 😊 Some of my favorites!!
The deep ones also worship Cthulhu, and there’s a theory that “Dagon” is just the deep ones name for Cthulhu
theres also a theory wich said that the daughters of cthulhu made hin strong
Anglophile is a very generous description of Lovecraft
Sounds nicer than "rabidly xenophobic against practically everything and everyone else" I guess :D The guy had issues.
@@mackereltabbie it seems that Lovecrafts racism mellowed in his later years as his world view and knowledge expanded. In letters he writes about how his beliefs stemmed from ignorance and that he recanted a lot of his harsher beliefs from his younger days. By the time of his death, I think Anglophile might be an appropriate description as he still held many of the beliefs about English superiority and whatnot, but was far less egregious otherwise.
Anglophile just means possessing a love of Brittish and related cultures. Nothing to do with race.
@@lilacpen8678 while that is true the two are not mutually exclusive-Lovecraft was both.
There are innumerable openly Anglophobic people in society now, and their phobias are publicly celebrated and encouraged. Let's not be hypocrites.
When I heard the music playing after the intro, I half expected to have Quinn from Quinn’s Ideas of Ice and Fire come in and help narrate with you.
As a fan of Lovecraft and August Derleth for DECADES, I've been enjoying these Lovecraft videos immensely. You can't do better than Lovecraft for Halloween!
I’ve drawn pictures of all these places in my mind and play over them when re-reading these stories over the years. The accompanying art is spot on.
There are so many classic locations! I would say that Innsmouth is fascinating as is the Nameless City. And of course, Arkham is the gift that keeps giving to many authors that came later.
Innsmouth is the most interesting one I think. It's eerie, weird, but not as foreign as the others.
Lovecraft´s Lore is fascinating!
When I played The Secret World, cthulhu mytos were my favourite part of the game
Imagine being the 69th King in Yellow.
*Noice*
I love your videos! Keep up the awesome work man
I look forward to seeing more mythical and spooky videos for Halloween🎃
one thing i will say in all the videos the artwork is amazing! i love the videos
I just randomly found your channel and now I can’t stop watching it I love all of this so much
I love listening to all of your videos.
Love your videos and always excited when it's Lovecraft related! A video detailing Lovecraft's ghouls would be very interesting I think.
Love Lovecraft's craft.
Lovecrafts stories are so cool! My fav place in the mythos he’s created is the “lost city”
Will you do a video about Gaia? I’ve recently stumbled upon this channel and started binging videos lol but haven’t seen one for her. Thanks for all your hard work 💚
It's a topic that I'm sure I'll cover soon.
Love the under ground location/race in The Mound
I think you could do a whole show on Arkham alone, lol, especially if you use the Cthulhu role playing game material which really broadens the towns history and has been stamped approved by those close to Lovecrafts work. As for Innsmouth, I think the authorities launched torpedoes at Devils Reef rather than set explosives, but tomato, tomatoe I guess.
You've probably seen this by now but I'd have liked to have heard about the Elder Things' city in the Mountains of Madness.
That finally you went back to the HP Lovecraft Mythos I like to talk about other creatures or places in this universe
Excellent show and beautiful art !
6:36 - The "seal" description refered to the fact that they were mummified, with their lower limbs wrapped with a single layer of cloth.
How about the Great Race of Yith's library-city in Australia?
Or the city of the Elder Things in Antarctica?
Or the Plateau of Leng?
Innsmouth: Home to the Orphan of Kos
Ambrose Bierce and Robert Chambers pre date Lovecraft, so it would be accurate to say Lovecraft drew inspiration from them instead of the other way around.
Ouuuuu!!! Location location location....these stories would be nothing without the intriguing locations they are depicted in.
I’m too excited for this and it hasn’t started yet
It was actually the White Sybil who foretold of Commoriom's downfall, but another of Clark Ashton Smith's stories "The Testament of Athammaus" claims that Commoriom was doomed by Knygathin Zhaum, a wicked descendant of Tsathoggua. Perhaps both stories are correct, perhaps neither. Either way, Commoriom fell.
was fully expecting to hear abot 'Yarhnam'
Love your videos so much!!
Yes the Cthulhu mythos are back!
That tunnel in dunich reminds me of the sleepy hallow movie. Johnny Depp has an encounter with the headless horseman in a similar bridge.
I think Hyperborea was mentioned by Robert E. Howard in the Conan series, but I could be mistaken.
nah, you're right. Howard and Lovecraft were penpals and contributed to each others works.
I believe that there's enough overlap in the two author's works that it could be argued that they were writing in a shared universe, just at different points in time.
He did mention that the Greeks came up with Hyperborea, and many authors at the time were classically trained, so they were all aware of Hyperborea.
Clark Ashton Smith's version of Hyperborea is actually pre-frozen Greenland.
@@Dubrichius it doesn't have to be argued. It's proven. Howard used mythos gods in his work and they were penpals. Or real pals? Something like that.
@@rikusschulze6249 Pen pals. They never met in person, but they admired and respected each other's work. Lovecraft wrote a glowing obituary for Howard after the latter's suicide.
Chambers influenced Lovecraft I thought, not the other way around. King in Yellow mad old, and Lovecraft references it in his work.
Id love to see a video jus about the language of the great ones or great old ones
now i have a need to hear about hyborea in the conan world
May I recommend you the animated movie called "Fire and Ice" Ralph Bakshi as to me it fit perfectly with Hyperborean myths and the ruins in it reminds me of Commoriom and the "subhumans" reminds me of the voomies.
💚 The artwork is amazing! 💚
cool!man ,Please dive deep in cthulhu Mythos
Where Plum Island is located, there is a place where the insmuth was allegedly located. If you look from a satellite, you can see a map-plan of the city. There are also destroyed buildings and square-shaped lakes.
Could you have a video explained about Yhoundeh? or because the information about her is lacking?
Please do a moon special especially covering the Harvest moon topic in honor of the upcoming harvest moon... The next one will happen after 30years...
I'm subscribing simply because you worked the jedi code as an ancient book in the intro. Well played. Ok, the video was really good too ;-)
You should do a TED talk on lovecraft
Do you plan on making a video on Clark Ashton Smith's Colossus of Ylourgne?
I'm sure someone has already said it, but Lovecraft borrowed Carcosa, not the other way around.
Thank you mythology and fiction for video
MAFE: *mentions Arkhum in a Lovecraft videos
Me: *thinks Batman and the Arkhum Asylum*
Great work love the hp
Bierce and Chambers inspired Lovecraft, not inspired by Lovecraft. I'm know Bierce was dead before Lovecraft was even born and I'm pretty sure Chambers was the generation before Lovecraft.
Still, a great video as always!
I'd love to hear about the mountains of madness!!! Please
Great video, as always it seems. Just can't believe you left out Ling.
Perfect places for around the world vacation!! Where did i put mah suncreen?
K'n-yan is another Lovecraft location I really enjoy
i remember hyperborea being mentioned in some of the conan the barbarian stories
Yeah then the hyperborean age and Conan the Barbarian universe
@@jackiesantos2121 Hyborian Age; Hyperborea was a country in the northern part of the continent, east of Asgard and north of Brythunia.
The hyperborean age In the same universe den the great old ones are
Please do Sedna, Inuit myths are under appreciated.
You can make the first sound of the Cthulhuian language by pressing your tongue to the roof of your mouth in different orientations while pronouncing the syllable of the word. Cth'ulhu would be said cth sounding like kruth but barely saying the u and raising the front part of your tongue to the roof of your mouth and then lu.
Your intro is one of the best
9:00 something tells me that he is a nice emperor
hmm..that's a hard one but i think Carcosa is my favorite. mostly for the fact that it embodies cosmic horror more then any other location since it is so unknown n of of the few things we do know about it is that it can serve as a link to our reality like a portal or glitch in the matrix, it is both very real n competely unreal n impossible as well as a dream land n a physical material place.
edit:
also i love the way its spelled n pronounced. i love the way it rolls off the tongue n sounds like a curse or a word embued with dark magic.
@Mythology&Fiction Is there any chance you could please do a video revolving around the pioneer behind the Cthulhu Mythos and animated movies involving him: H.P. Lovecraft?
Could you do videos on African gods such as Anansi?
More Lovecraft contest please. Always great. 🤟🏻🤟🏻
I just realized that the recent Godzilla King of Monsters movie could easily have a Lovecratian end. Those sleeping monsters were pretty much worshiped by ancient people while modern humans are ready to sacrifice billions to wake them up and reset the world.
I would be REALLY interested to hear some videos on ancient mythology (Ancient Mesopotamian and Zoroastrianism). Jumping back to a few millennia BCE I think would be really fun!
I finish all your videos of HP Lovecraft mythology and fiction explained
more Lovecraft lore videos please
Man are you ok? Ive been playing a lit of classicvas well but id like your videos back
this video made me gain respect for the game Sinking City: the Call of Cthulhu
HBO is making a show called Lovecraft Country
IMHO it sucks. Less about Lovecraftian horror conspiracies and more about gross-out effects, characters and situations that have little or nothing to do with Lovecraft's stories, and a bit too woke for my tastes (perhaps in a backlash to lovecraft's quite awful and inexcusable racism). Not against the characters and racial situations per se, but it comes across as a bit on the nose and takes the focus off of the weird/cosmic horror of lovecraft's universe and places it on modern racial conflict. YMMV.
Arkham and innsmonth sounded interesting.
Oo! I know this was made ages ago. But could you go into Nightvail? That is a pretty cool city/town 😀
Wonder what lovecraft stories have secret cities in em… I listen to ; “The Mound” and it was really good: I what to find more like it with perhaps ancient cities of pharaohs or other bizarre races
Excellent
In real life I've been to places where the locals just cannot see the strangeness of some City Planning. It's sensible why they don't care but they still don't care that they have no idea what's inside. The most dramatic I've ever found was a hidden garden. Everyone just thought it was part of some building but it was actually part of a old public park.
So I can't remember the name what the story where that guy was playing the violin. I like that one because it seems very believable that you would have people that live in a city that they don't even understand its borders despite the intimate understanding of so many things
I had no idea Arkham was related to the C'thulhu mythos. I always assumed it was just a cool name for the city in Batman
Carcosa is also the name of a metal song by high on fire.
These places all seem pretty normal to me.
More on carcosa would rock, I'm a bueirse
You should do More Lovecraftian Creatures.
i always thought of Arkam as a larger city, since it has a univercity and all
My town has a university and a population of 30 thousand. Having a University doesnt always mean a giant ass city
I love cthulhu mythos. One of the best horror fiction out there. My favorite videogame Terraria is heavily influenced by cthulhu mythos.
Do Hindu INDRAJIT next, of Ramayana Epic.