It's crazy how popular Cthulhu is in Lovecraft's work considering how many other creatures there are in the Lovecraftian pantheon, even if there are those not made by him
The most frightening element of Lovecraft's worldbuilding has got to be the existential terror of middle school-level math. Monsters with writhing tentacles and all-seeing eyes with the ability to telepathically induce psychosis are all quite scary, but it's not until you're forced to do geometry with uneven shapes the shit _really_ hits the fan.
You know, my son was showing me this thing "the backrooms" which is just a commentary on the futility andhorror that is current day work culture (or something to that effect) and it's chilling. That H.P. Lovecraft guy was onto something with this quote.
@@LiveLo0t Ah, I thought it was like the SCP foundation. He was showing me their Wiki page with entries for the different floors. But now that I know it's a game, I might have to pick it up and play it with him
@@robby4770 not sure about it's origin I was just saying there is definitely a game at least partially based on it. Wouldn't surprise me if it came from an SCP though.
The king in yellow has got to be one of my favorites, a cosmic being who's might matches that of cthulu, yet he is far less destructive, more cunning, living in his brother's shadow out of choice.
I agree. I like conspiracy stories like that because it shows how deep those eldritch horrors have their roots in our society but are still perfectly hidden. It feels more "relatable" so to speak.
People talk shit on that 1920's genius for being "gentile racist" vs. strongly hateful, but no one ever mentions his schizophrenic family literally keeping him isolated and locked in a fucking attic for being ugly his entire childhood and young adult life life with a moldy 19th century library as his only friend, or that he was literally rescued by the older Jewish woman he married and then quit being racist immediately. I guess if he went to a little kiddy wizard school those same people would love him, thank God we are such good people today for checking our privileges on facebook xD
@Askme Ificare you do realize Lovecraft hated people? The innsmouthers were a horrific characterization of the Irish. The only people he held with any regard were the English. He was an atheist who thought democracy was dumb and wanted an aristocracy led by England. He did warm up to minorities who he felt assimilated into western culture and married a Jewish woman because she was “well adjusted”. So no one is making shit up. It seems though you are just a critic of his work and never really read any of his stories other than a cherry picked segment of selected stories; just to prove your point. See most Lovecraftians know about his life and the name of his cat, and can put that aside because for some of us, his stories are the fairy tales compared to the true Lovecraftian horrors which are our lives.
@@Egryn 100% this, funny cat meme aha but his dad named the cat? and Howard loved him dearly, as far as I can tell 😅🐈⬛ The most explicit example of his racist perspectives can be seen, in my opinion, in HERBERT WEST - REANIMATOR. haven't reread it in some time but I remember that bit quite vividly, Xenophobia is a big theme in lots of his work. One of my favs is BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP and that has some ugly representation too. HPL's fav was THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE and I'm thinking that it *doesn't* have a lot of that in it, which is nice
"The color from out of space" will always be the most scary in my book. I don't know how Lovecraft managed to describe a freaking color that horrifying... but he did. It starts like a basic science story and ends in a complete mindfuck. My absolute favorite book!
@@crimsonbladewielder1975 I don't think he predicted it, but he may have been influenced by it - he was reading about the case of the Radium Girls around that time.
My first experience with Lovecraftian-esque story was from a novel called "omniscient reader's viewpoint". It was really terrifying in a different way. I really liked this type of horror.
@@freshmilk7122 yeah I've read until finish but i never noticed that. I also read a reddit thread about that and it just fascinate me about how many lovecraftian theme in the book
Can't believe Wilbur got taken out by a Dog. A regular Human can take out a Dog if they know what they are doing, and he was 9 feet tall and part Dinosaur, part Void-Spawn, and knew black magic.
@@waterbender6288 Nah. Pitbulls are mooshballs with hearts to match their enormous heads. Try a Siberian Shepherd, the black Russian half-bear of the Steppe.
Dogs and animals hate the supernatural. Wilbur had to carry a gun against local dogs. Horses hated the people of Innsmouth. A devilish dog took out those two grave-robbers, despite being pre-warned and armed. Dogs are our best protection against the horrible otherworldly. Get one today.
Fun fact: the dunwich horror was lightly referred to in the fallout series with the creation of the Dunwich corporation. A company that was also a cult worshipping an unknown being. They're mentioned in a couple games (3 and 4) and while each encounter is interesting, they also raise more questions than answers each time
@@tigerex777 no, the root is still the unknown. The reason people fear death is BECAUSE of the unknown of what happens after. That’s why highly religious people don’t fear death; they believe they know what comes after so they go willingly. Death is frightening BECAUSE it’s unknown, not the other way around. Death = Unknown Unknown ≠ Death
@@tigerex777 You assume that death is to be feared above all. This assumption is naive, as is the implied assumption that all others are and have been so moved to fear death as you do.
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." One of my favorite lovecraft quotes
@Cellardoor I'm aware, and I still have 3 different copies of his works. I've read my share of books and stories, Lovecraft has been a standing favorite since I found his works
I’m a massive fan of Lovecraft’s writings. There does seem to be a bit of an obsession with making a film to do the lore justice but visual media is not best for this. To enjoy Lovecraft’s work at its best … read it! Sublimely written stuff. The horror is in what isn’t “shown” but suggested.
Nyarlathotep isn't Azathoth's slave, he is his Messenger and since Azathoth is mad and blind and definitely doesn't understand anything, Nyarlathotep actually just do what he wants
Whisperers in darkness and the case of Charles dexter ward were probably the first 2 horror stories that sent shivers down my spine. Maybe throw pikmans gallery in there as well.
Its amazing how popular Lovecrafts creations have become considering how it never really took off in his own day, I wish he would have been able to see how well loved his works would become and all the content added to it.
Just a suggestion you should add the layers of the iceberg to give a better understanding on where each one is on said iceberg… that’s kind of the point of an iceberg lol
@@jakubwarenich4439 i understand what you’re saying but the iceberg format is supposed to have tiers to help categorise the complexity/weirdness/etc.. about the subject if you know what I mean 😅
The thing they'll never understand with making films about Lovecraft's work is the point is that the thing being described is supposed to be incomprehensible to the mind. You shouldn't be able to visualize the impossible things. I think the only that comes close is older films where you never see the actual creature or force. I think the most successful implementation of this is the Evil Dead's Deadite Cam. You never see what is chasing Ash. That old black and white cat people film... the old house on haunted hill.... a few others kinda got it. Lovecrafting horrors are something if you are going to film it, should be felt, not seen.
The best way to do it would be to reveal the smaller monster or monsters from the mythos (shoggoths, deep ones, shapeless spawn,etc.) and then, after escaping the monster or monsters, the characters find out in the ruins via ancient text that that monster or monsters is the least of their concerns before they feel something they just can’t describe. Then loud breaking sounds, a very unnatural sounding roar, and then the character screams in insanity as they see something we do not.
Not many things conjure up dread more than trying to visualize some of these utterly grotesque abomination My first exposure to a Lovecraft sort of entity was old hermaeus Mora I did not know what I was looking at but I was intrigued... This writhing mass of Goo tentacles and otherworldly eyeballs along with his own plane apocrypha that contains all of the Lost knowledge stacked haphazardly and nonsensically in gravity-defying configurations..... thank you maker you may as well as started my new obsession......
The Daedra are very directly based on Lovecrafts mythos. The most obvious being Dagon. But their existence serves to render TES as a cosmic horror series if you really think about it. Especially the various cultists.
If you are a fan of the history of "High Fantasy", you know that basically all fantasy video games stem from Dungeons and Dragons (which first borrowed Lovecraft and Myth monsters) and Lord of the Rings. Tolkien and Lovecraft are the two founding fathers of the genre of "High Fantasy": one created the fantasy bedrock (elves, dwarves, swords, etc.) and one created otherworldly wonder and otherworldly darkness. In Dungeons and Dragons, the homage to Lovecraft is even more direct than video games, because the purely imaginative medium supports "unspeakable horror" than video games. Countless classic monsters are direct quotations: Mind Flayers, Aboleths, Gibbering Mouthers, etc. He's got that under his belt as well as inspiring the genre of cosmic horror with children like the SCP mythos.
@@Jane-oz7pp I might be missing something but how exactly is Dagon lovecraftian? He's got a pretty standard humanoid form, and his goals seem pretty easy to understand. It's been a long long time since I played elder scrolls though
@@zacharybrown8054 Mostly in name. If you looked further into it I'm sure you'd find more though. To me the most obvious Lovecraft connection is clearly old Hermaeus Mora, the woodland man.
Great having this collection! There's so many entities in the mythos and spread across so many stories it's difficult to know who is who and what their motivations are. Thank!
The Lovecraftian Entity Iceberg Explained. 45mins 41sdcs: reminiscent of the oddball world ofvterry gilliam...whereas you get the discarnate world of Mark e smith saying yep. I get the odd stop emanating from Paul Hogan. as for Terry gilliam's artistic endeavour go watch jabberwocky. not too much to ask...
basically lovecraftian horrors create the following word salad: unspeakable, unimaginable, most terrifying, most horrific, insanity inducing.... most mostest scary
Right ? Like I’ve never been into horror yet I’m loving these as I’m watching and listening and feeling inspired lol just wrote down lovecraft in my sketchbook
What really irks me is how Cathulu is depicted staring down at humans like they hold any kind of significance to it. It would simply step over them, ignoring the ant like beings going insane beneath him as he strides towards something more significant, like a local with arcane significance
In "The Call of Cthulhu" Cthulhu is certainly interested in humans, killing and devouring all in his path and chasing the boat until the boat runs through his head. If he were so disinterested in humans surely he would have just got up and left when awakened. As for the "going insane just by looking at him" that too is disproven by the short story, as the narrator is sound enough to write an account of expedition but questions his own sanity.
Fridge moment: Maybe "wings" are the typical means of space travel by creatures because they're not actually wings, they're something more akin to biological solar sails.
the picture used at 29:03 is actually the final boss monster based on Gatanathoa, from Ultraman Tiga. the monster named Gatanazoa's signature attack is a beam that turns what ever it hits to sotne.
In HPL's writing Hastur doesn't just appear in just The Whisperer in Darkness, but also in The Quest for Unknown Kaddath. He isn't named directly in the novel but is referred to as "the kind in yellow" I believe.
There's a game, that I installed in my phone about a decade ago, its called "wasted land: call of cthulu" and its plot takes place during ww1. I recommend anyone interested in H.P. Lovecraft that can find this game to try it. I myself couldn't find it anywhere again though, unfortunately.
@@monarchistheadcrab8819 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu:_The_Wasted_Land can't really find anything but wiki and steam links, can't find it on play store or anything :c I wanna dl it lol. Sinking city is a good play in the genre too if you play on pc or console
Fun fact: In Lovecraft’s writings, these deities were indifferent and had no lineages. August Derleth is responsible for attributing morality and familial connections to Lovecraft’s lore, which I think diminishes Lovecraft’s point that the greatest fear is that of the unknown.
it always struck me as odd, that DC comic's Green Lantern Core never used or created a character based on Hastur I mean, Yellow Energy is tied to Fear which is the Lantern's main vulnerabilities. Hes a supernatural alien with the Yellow Sign, I mean dude could easily be an ally, avatar or a species tied to Parallax (the embodiement of Fear living in the Lantern Rings) Sinestro could even take on the name King in Yellow
@@mrpolarthebear209 All of Lovecraft's works are in the public domain, so you don't need to pay royalties or licensing fees to use any of his created entities, locations, or characters.
I would love a "guess if it's from the Bible or a lovecraft novel" 😂 bc i swear these descriptions are creative and that's the only other place where I've seen those kinds of creatures
The Lovecraftian Entity Iceberg Explained. Probably worth engaging with the entire presentation as I inadvertently did. the template by which my life is measured....
Cosmic horror is my favorite horror genre. Vast, indifferent, uncaring intellects spanning from horizon to horizon…simple reality becoming enough to drive a person to madness if they ever discover the truth. Ignorance being our only shield from the unimaginable terrors of the universe…how does it get any better than that? Existential horror…
Really good video to relax at night, I got to the Night Gaunt or so before falling fast asleep, but I think I will listen again from the start tonight. Fun stuff
I just love how many other creators mention his work or characters/reference his stuff in so many different things. My girl is always pissed when I see something and point it out
I have encountered some of these creatures, in fact, I am one of them. Thank you for providing a heads up as to what I might expect to come up against going forward. Very nice choice for the background music during the Gobogeg portion BTW. I always found that track particularly touching. It feels like acceptance of the end. Nostalgic and melancholy, it reminds me of home. Of course, no such end exists in reality, but we can attempt to imagine.
Most of them are gods. It's one of Lovecraft's key innovations: not just the aliens, but *the gods* of the aliens. Azathoth is the supreme god, anyway. He's the supermassive black hole at the center of the universe and always existed. Yog-Sothoth was created by the Nameless Mist, which in turn was created by Azathoth.
@@tmm8837 No, Azathoth is stated to be the lord of reality far more often the Yog, not to mention the fact Azathoth starts appearing more and more in later works, while Yog less and less, indicating that, even if Yog-Sothoth was meant to be the supreme power originally, Lovecraft clearly changed his mind. The dream thing is only kinda implied ar best so I'll give you that.
Azathoth, How? -All that giant pile of mush does is sleep, and by sleeping he created the universe and by extension, us humans. If he ever wakes up, everything goes poof, so by simply staying asleep, he lets us exists. Cant get any "kinder" than that really (until he does wake up...)
I think my favorite part of Lovecraft's Mythos is how many random, completely disconnected series draw from it or even straight-up work his Mythos into their own. From the Nameless Things and Ungoliant in Lord of the Rings to the Game of Thrones Worldbook namedropping one of Nyarlethotep's many names and the Church of Starry Wisdom amongst the isle of Leng where the "Great Old Ones" would command, from their subterranean dwelling, the God-Empress to kill all foreigners, the oily black stone found all over the World of Ice and Fire not related to any dragon rider civilization like Valyria's roads, and the horrors of Asshai, Valyria, and Yeen. Elder Scrolls and Fallout work eldritch god-beings and several Lovecraft stories into their own stories while there are many terrifying beings and races in Star Wars (Mnggal-Mnggal, Abeloth, Yuuzhan Vong, any of the Sith spirits influencing living beings to commit atrocities, etc.), the Flood and the Primordials who created the dust containing the Primordial's DNA that was corrupted somehow into the Flood hivemind in Halo, and the Chaos Gods and Tyranids from Warhammer. There are eldritch Titan beings and evil alien or demon sorcerers in Mortal Kombat who steal souls or in Shinnok's case, literally want to destroy all of creation and resurrect a dead God called the One Being. Even the Jewish Bible (Old Testament) could be considered a sort of cosmic horror, albeit one that wasn't made by Lovecraft, with angelic beings in terrifying forms, an Almighty God who is not exactly friendly if you don't worship him, visions of talking, burning shrubs, a worldwide flood used to destroy a horrendously evil race of half humans half angels, even the Ark of the Covenant being used as a weapon of war makes me think of an eldritch deity gifting his followers with a powerful artifact to help destroy the enemies of their cult. To me, it kinda feels like Cosmic Horror is built into the human subconscious, like a leftover of primitive humanities' fear of the dark, deep water, and thick forests, because they couldn't see what was hiding in those dark places of the world
MAN!!! Speaking of anyone who was way way before his time, I vote this man 😀,I couldn't even imagine these creatures with back stories and forms there was definitely alot going on in his head.
you forgot to mention how azathoth basically dreamed the entire universe into existence and how the other lovecraftian beings are so afraid of him waking up that there are creatures whose only purpose for existence is to make sure azathoth never wakes up because they believe that if he does everything will cease to exist including the outer gods and the great old ones everything and everyone will dissapear
So, here's a question... There is frequent talk about forbidden places or texts, banned creatures, names that are not allowed to be spoken and so on. Who makes and enforces all these laws?
Ok... I know it's a stretch... but the Hounds of Tindalos (as far as the way they are described) very strongly remind me of the demigorgon from Stranger Things.
Yog Sothoth is actually more powerful… many, many dimensions above Azathoth. So far beyond in-fact that Azathoth as well as all the deity’s residing around him don’t even know that Yog Sothoth exists. The only one who knows is this Gigachad named Carter.
I thought yog-sothoth basically IS the universe (ordered universe I should say given that’s what lovecraft called it) like he is connected to every being in the ”universe”
Since when did Azathoth became a simple fearful creature? Isn't the whole universe of Lovecraft a dream of Azathoth and if it wakes up the universe will just collapse?
I named my pet mice Hastur, Azathoth, and Nyarlathotep because they're such sweet little girls, and they deserved formidable names lol And edit: it's important to note that Hastur is a yellow/blond mouse, so it's extra fitting
It would have been nice to put in which story each of these creatures are mentioned or appear, and also where the footages are from, for those that seem to be from movies or video games :-)
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The Complete Cthulhu Lovecraftian Bestiary has been finished:
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It's crazy how popular Cthulhu is in Lovecraft's work considering how many other creatures there are in the Lovecraftian pantheon, even if there are those not made by him
Cthulhu is just the one we can understand the most lol
Personally I like Shub'Niggurath.
@@Jane-oz7pp I like Digimon
It's because of South park
Yeah, I think Yog-Sothoth is actually the most prevalent in Lovecraft's original mythos.
@@Katie-The-Bug I may be remembering wrong, but aren't there only a few stories that actually have Cthulhu as the main thing going on?
The most frightening element of Lovecraft's worldbuilding has got to be the existential terror of middle school-level math. Monsters with writhing tentacles and all-seeing eyes with the ability to telepathically induce psychosis are all quite scary, but it's not until you're forced to do geometry with uneven shapes the shit _really_ hits the fan.
Everybody gangsta till the geometry goes non-Euclidean
@@Payduro we are living on a chip shaped plane
@@Payduro That was great!
It's always fun walking your sog and throwing the stick through a non euclidian dimension
@@MoiraWillenovyeah, it was very wow. Such humorous. Christ, you’d scamper after a laser pointer on the wall.
“No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.” - HP Lovecraft.
True
You know, my son was showing me this thing "the backrooms" which is just a commentary on the futility andhorror that is current day work culture (or something to that effect) and it's chilling.
That H.P. Lovecraft guy was onto something with this quote.
@@LiveLo0t Ah, I thought it was like the SCP foundation. He was showing me their Wiki page with entries for the different floors.
But now that I know it's a game, I might have to pick it up and play it with him
@@LiveLo0t they made a game? I think it was an scp thing and the lore of it has evolved like the scp universe with a ton of separate authors
@@robby4770 not sure about it's origin I was just saying there is definitely a game at least partially based on it. Wouldn't surprise me if it came from an SCP though.
1:56 Cthulu
2:59 Outer Gods
4:12 Nyarlathotep
5:35 Azathoth
6:31 Dagon
7:13 Yog Sothoth
8:12 Shoggoth
9:14 Hastur
10:21 Great Old Ones
11:15 Dunwich Horror
13:51 Night Gaunt
14:46 Hounds of Tindalos
16:11 Yig
17:32 Elder Things
20:08 Tsathoghua
21:32 Wilbur Whateley
24:00 The Deep One
25:16 Nodens
26:26 Cthylla
27:55 Ghatanothoa
29:09 Dimensional Shambler
31:32 Rhan Tegoth
32:36 Mother Hydra
33:35 Gloon
34:36 Hunting Horror
35:25 Formless Spawn
36:51 Gnoph Keh
37:45 Gobogeg
38:37 Shathak
39:19 Mi Go
41:21 Bgnu Thun
43:00 Bokrug
43:11 Shub Niggurath
44:23 Spider of Leng
45:12 Zvilpogghua
46:19 Idh Yaa
46:55 Cthulhi
Added to the description. Thanks mate.
43:11 💀
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@@ryand2313 bro HP never relaxed
What about Y‘Gonolac?
The king in yellow has got to be one of my favorites, a cosmic being who's might matches that of cthulu, yet he is far less destructive, more cunning, living in his brother's shadow out of choice.
He’s also one of the few cosmic beings in Lovecraft’s books who isn’t a Lovecraft creation. He comes from “The King in Yellow” by Robert Chambers.
@@Ryan5Man that's really cool
Although I think I might be biased by a certain eldritch being dating Sim...
@@devoutmordexfollower5289 wait really?
@@Raage. sucker for love
I agree. I like conspiracy stories like that because it shows how deep those eldritch horrors have their roots in our society but are still perfectly hidden. It feels more "relatable" so to speak.
“And the truly forbidden horrors beyond comprehension, Is what I have named my cat” - H.P lovecraft (Probably)
People talk shit on that 1920's genius for being "gentile racist" vs. strongly hateful, but no one ever mentions his schizophrenic family literally keeping him isolated and locked in a fucking attic for being ugly his entire childhood and young adult life life with a moldy 19th century library as his only friend, or that he was literally rescued by the older Jewish woman he married and then quit being racist immediately. I guess if he went to a little kiddy wizard school those same people would love him, thank God we are such good people today for checking our privileges on facebook xD
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@Askme Ificare you do realize Lovecraft hated people?
The innsmouthers were a horrific characterization of the Irish. The only people he held with any regard were the English.
He was an atheist who thought democracy was dumb and wanted an aristocracy led by England.
He did warm up to minorities who he felt assimilated into western culture and married a Jewish woman because she was “well adjusted”.
So no one is making shit up.
It seems though you are just a critic of his work and never really read any of his stories other than a cherry picked segment of selected stories; just to prove your point.
See most Lovecraftians know about his life and the name of his cat, and can put that aside because for some of us, his stories are the fairy tales compared to the true Lovecraftian horrors which are our lives.
@@Egryn 100% this, funny cat meme aha but his dad named the cat? and Howard loved him dearly, as far as I can tell 😅🐈⬛
The most explicit example of his racist perspectives can be seen, in my opinion, in HERBERT WEST - REANIMATOR. haven't reread it in some time but I remember that bit quite vividly,
Xenophobia is a big theme in lots of his work.
One of my favs is BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP and that has some ugly representation too. HPL's fav was THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE and I'm thinking that it *doesn't* have a lot of that in it, which is nice
@@Egryn I mean the guy was born in the 1800s it's not exactly surprising that he is bigoted by today's standard
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"The color from out of space" will always be the most scary in my book.
I don't know how Lovecraft managed to describe a freaking color that horrifying... but he did.
It starts like a basic science story and ends in a complete mindfuck.
My absolute favorite book!
Did Lovecraft predict the effects of radiation? That’s another mindfuck🤔🤯
@@crimsonbladewielder1975 I don't think he predicted it, but he may have been influenced by it - he was reading about the case of the Radium Girls around that time.
It burns- Cold and Wet, but It Burns…
Lovecraft be like: *ultraviolet radiation? oh shit that's terrifying!* 🤯🤯
I never realized how deep the lovecraft mythos went, but the real surprising part for me was the sudden gauntlet dark legacy music, props for that
And final fantasy 7 and legend of zelda: majoras mask
For clarity, they are aliens.
My first experience with Lovecraftian-esque story was from a novel called "omniscient reader's viewpoint".
It was really terrifying in a different way. I really liked this type of horror.
Omniscient reader's viewpoint is really good
It's in Terraria
WAIT ORV IS LOVECRAFTIAN???
@@arizuchan4165 some of its elements are inspired by lovecraftian horror. It starts to appear once you reach the later parts of the novel.
@@freshmilk7122 yeah I've read until finish but i never noticed that. I also read a reddit thread about that and it just fascinate me about how many lovecraftian theme in the book
Can't believe Wilbur got taken out by a Dog. A regular Human can take out a Dog if they know what they are doing, and he was 9 feet tall and part Dinosaur, part Void-Spawn, and knew black magic.
Probably a pitbull that gained lots of levels from grinding infants
@@waterbender6288 Nah. Pitbulls are mooshballs with hearts to match their enormous heads. Try a Siberian Shepherd, the black Russian half-bear of the Steppe.
Dogs and animals hate the supernatural. Wilbur had to carry a gun against local dogs. Horses hated the people of Innsmouth. A devilish dog took out those two grave-robbers, despite being pre-warned and armed. Dogs are our best protection against the horrible otherworldly. Get one today.
In the story, I believe, theres a paragraph that states that Wilbur had an unnatural fear of dogs as well.
@@jxjx1712 Who were, originally, guard-dogs... France, carriages, I believe...
Fun fact: the dunwich horror was lightly referred to in the fallout series with the creation of the Dunwich corporation. A company that was also a cult worshipping an unknown being. They're mentioned in a couple games (3 and 4) and while each encounter is interesting, they also raise more questions than answers each time
Kremvhs tooth too
The entire Far Harbour DLC is just a huge lovecraft reference
I think in Fallout 76 you find a living but dormant baby Cthulhu child or something. It's strange as hell
Also mentioned in Fallout is Pickman's Gallery.
Oh yea
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. - HP Lovecraft
He almost got it but it's actually the fear of death. The unknown is only scary because we associate it with death.
@@tigerex777 you can also flip it and say we fear death because of the unknown
@@krossbow_ true but the root is still death
@@tigerex777 no, the root is still the unknown. The reason people fear death is BECAUSE of the unknown of what happens after. That’s why highly religious people don’t fear death; they believe they know what comes after so they go willingly. Death is frightening BECAUSE it’s unknown, not the other way around.
Death = Unknown
Unknown ≠ Death
@@tigerex777 You assume that death is to be feared above all.
This assumption is naive, as is the implied assumption that all others are and have been so moved to fear death as you do.
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." One of my favorite lovecraft quotes
You do realize he's a huge racist and xenophobe? So that's a very ironic quote lol. I do appreciate his work, but him, not so much.
@Cellardoor I'm aware, and I still have 3 different copies of his works. I've read my share of books and stories, Lovecraft has been a standing favorite since I found his works
@@Cellardoor_ Literally no one cares.
@@Cellardoor_ Cool story
@Cellardoor can you tell me who else was racist from 1880's -1964? I'll remind you lovecraft lived from 1890-1937.
I’m a massive fan of Lovecraft’s writings. There does seem to be a bit of an obsession with making a film to do the lore justice but visual media is not best for this. To enjoy Lovecraft’s work at its best … read it! Sublimely written stuff. The horror is in what isn’t “shown” but suggested.
True Detective I think did a really good job with it. Only hint at the truth of the cult is the one vision at the very end.
So you’re racist too
@@kg1521 what? Is that a joke? If so I don’t get it. Careful that you don’t get yourself into legal trouble defaming people in writing.
@@damianslater3754 you are a racist.
@@kg1521 based on what?
I absolutely love how the combat music from Darkest Dungeon was used in this video, a lot of lovecraftian influence in it's design
Nyarlathotep isn't Azathoth's slave, he is his Messenger and since Azathoth is mad and blind and definitely doesn't understand anything, Nyarlathotep actually just do what he wants
Nu-uhh
@@Technovex ??
Nyarlathotep and yog sogoth are the only two beings beyond azathoth
@@dramping4264 wrong again, as usual
@@Technovex bot, straight up.
Whisperers in darkness and the case of Charles dexter ward were probably the first 2 horror stories that sent shivers down my spine. Maybe throw pikmans gallery in there as well.
Its amazing how popular Lovecrafts creations have become considering how it never really took off in his own day, I wish he would have been able to see how well loved his works would become and all the content added to it.
Just a suggestion you should add the layers of the iceberg to give a better understanding on where each one is on said iceberg… that’s kind of the point of an iceberg lol
No point of making that, since of logic sense, deep ones Are ones on the bottom, And Space ones Are ones at the top lol.
Walter
I agree with you, but I think this channel skips that in favor for pushing out content
I came here to say this, don't really want to hit like on the vid because of it
@@jakubwarenich4439 i understand what you’re saying but the iceberg format is supposed to have tiers to help categorise the complexity/weirdness/etc.. about the subject if you know what I mean 😅
Lovecraft is such a perfect name for this style of horror, it’s hard to imagine any other name fitting the style
what about Deathmind ?
@@astronaut8917 that feels a bit too on the nose, Lovecraft is a bit more esoteric than Deathmind
The thing they'll never understand with making films about Lovecraft's work is the point is that the thing being described is supposed to be incomprehensible to the mind. You shouldn't be able to visualize the impossible things. I think the only that comes close is older films where you never see the actual creature or force. I think the most successful implementation of this is the Evil Dead's Deadite Cam. You never see what is chasing Ash. That old black and white cat people film... the old house on haunted hill.... a few others kinda got it. Lovecrafting horrors are something if you are going to film it, should be felt, not seen.
Yes the figures are too humanoid. Hands? Legs? Heads? Slime molds and bacterium are not much better.
Well, not all of Lovecraft's creatures are incomprehensible.
@@dmin5782 just some of them
The best way to do it would be to reveal the smaller monster or monsters from the mythos (shoggoths, deep ones, shapeless spawn,etc.) and then, after escaping the monster or monsters, the characters find out in the ruins via ancient text that that monster or monsters is the least of their concerns before they feel something they just can’t describe. Then loud breaking sounds, a very unnatural sounding roar, and then the character screams in insanity as they see something we do not.
I actual thought Stranger Things did a decent job at the Lovecraftian horror thing.
This is the video I have been looking for my entire life. Literally one of the best I've seen. Immaculate 10/10
You do a great job describing how hard it is to make visual what was traditionally imaginative.
But don't skip the racism.
Could have done without the gross sexualising sexist depictions of almost every female or feminine being on this list though
@@raininghail4049 right like why the fuck was with the flowers on the tentacles of cthulus daughter in that one pic💀😂
Should probably mention that the King in Yellow was not created by Lovecraft, but by Robert W. Chambers in 1895, and was an inspiration for Lovecraft.
Been looking for this comment! The book is awesome (until it completely switches genres, but whatever).
@@bumpkinbee1524 It was 1895, people had time for that shit.
Not many things conjure up dread more than trying to visualize some of these utterly grotesque abomination
My first exposure to a Lovecraft sort of entity was old hermaeus Mora I did not know what I was looking at but I was intrigued...
This writhing mass of Goo tentacles and otherworldly eyeballs along with his own plane apocrypha that contains all of the Lost knowledge stacked haphazardly and nonsensically in gravity-defying configurations..... thank you maker you may as well as started my new obsession......
The Daedra are very directly based on Lovecrafts mythos. The most obvious being Dagon. But their existence serves to render TES as a cosmic horror series if you really think about it. Especially the various cultists.
If you are a fan of the history of "High Fantasy", you know that basically all fantasy video games stem from Dungeons and Dragons (which first borrowed Lovecraft and Myth monsters) and Lord of the Rings. Tolkien and Lovecraft are the two founding fathers of the genre of "High Fantasy": one created the fantasy bedrock (elves, dwarves, swords, etc.) and one created otherworldly wonder and otherworldly darkness. In Dungeons and Dragons, the homage to Lovecraft is even more direct than video games, because the purely imaginative medium supports "unspeakable horror" than video games. Countless classic monsters are direct quotations: Mind Flayers, Aboleths, Gibbering Mouthers, etc. He's got that under his belt as well as inspiring the genre of cosmic horror with children like the SCP mythos.
@@judgeholden6761 I was thinking about D&D while watching this.
@@Jane-oz7pp I might be missing something but how exactly is Dagon lovecraftian? He's got a pretty standard humanoid form, and his goals seem pretty easy to understand. It's been a long long time since I played elder scrolls though
@@zacharybrown8054 Mostly in name. If you looked further into it I'm sure you'd find more though. To me the most obvious Lovecraft connection is clearly old Hermaeus Mora, the woodland man.
Great having this collection! There's so many entities in the mythos and spread across so many stories it's difficult to know who is who and what their motivations are. Thank!
The Lovecraftian Entity Iceberg Explained. 45mins 41sdcs: reminiscent of the oddball world ofvterry gilliam...whereas you get the discarnate world of Mark e smith saying yep. I get the odd stop emanating from Paul Hogan. as for Terry gilliam's artistic endeavour go watch jabberwocky. not too much to ask...
The concept of the Hounds of Tindalos is probably my favorite from all the “lovecraftian” beings.
Avoiding angles is harder than it sounds ;)
I'm glad you used footage from the sinking city and call of Cthulhu. I love those games.
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Are you.. sure that's an accurate depiction of Gobogeg? 😅
lmao yeah. definitely did a double take
Realy disturbing...😇
Goboussy
Lovecraft actually called them the Other Gods. The Outer Gods is a term coined by Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game.
Finally I found a comment that said this
"just a glimpse of this entity can warp the mind of anyone who witnesses it"
Us watching the video: I am somewhat insane myself
Not just a forerunner for modern horror fiction but Japanese adult animations as well
this is funny
Cthulhu is my favourite pornstar
damn it
Not really
basically lovecraftian horrors create the following word salad: unspeakable, unimaginable, most terrifying, most horrific, insanity inducing.... most mostest scary
I mean, they are things that are just body part salads
I can't find the unimaginable scary. I would need some description to imagine it since I don't have a big imagination or creative mind ☹️.
I love hearing about all these messed up creatures. Somehow it really inspires me. :)
Right ? Like I’ve never been into horror yet I’m loving these as I’m watching and listening and feeling inspired lol just wrote down lovecraft in my sketchbook
The magic of these kind of creatures is the new ground it treads. The great unknown is the best
What really irks me is how Cathulu is depicted staring down at humans like they hold any kind of significance to it. It would simply step over them, ignoring the ant like beings going insane beneath him as he strides towards something more significant, like a local with arcane significance
In "The Call of Cthulhu" Cthulhu is certainly interested in humans, killing and devouring all in his path and chasing the boat until the boat runs through his head.
If he were so disinterested in humans surely he would have just got up and left when awakened.
As for the "going insane just by looking at him" that too is disproven by the short story, as the narrator is sound enough to write an account of expedition but questions his own sanity.
Well at least he’s cognizant enough not to squish us.
How many ants have you squished while walking?
They are boogeymen of lunatics at vast scales and nothing more. Untrustworthy narrators are a thing.
Ants are cool
Fucking with mortals is definitely in the MO of many outer gods, though I don’t know why.
Fridge moment: Maybe "wings" are the typical means of space travel by creatures because they're not actually wings, they're something more akin to biological solar sails.
the picture used at 29:03 is actually the final boss monster based on Gatanathoa, from Ultraman Tiga. the monster named Gatanazoa's signature attack is a beam that turns what ever it hits to sotne.
Recently got into tokusatsu. Do you have any lovecraftian/cosmic horror toku recomendations?
I love lovecrafts cats name, absolutely wholesome.
Yes!!!! I really wanted someone to cover a lovecraft iceberg. Good stuff!
In HPL's writing Hastur doesn't just appear in just The Whisperer in Darkness, but also in The Quest for Unknown Kaddath. He isn't named directly in the novel but is referred to as "the kind in yellow" I believe.
Azathoth has three offspring
Its darkness, the namesless mist and nyarlathotep
2:59 Lovecraft called them “Other Gods” or “Ultimate Gods”, the term “Outer God” came from a game 40 years after Lovecraft died
The outer gods was born from azathoth
And the great old ones are the descendant of outer gods
"Underwater" was a nice surprise if you haven't seen it. Good subwoofer work out to boot.
I was so giddy when the reveal happened ☺️
@midnighthaven Was not expecting the full-on, no-mistaken, Cthulhu. Was kinda a 'holy shit' moment.
Time traveler hunting creatures sounds cool. Good way to keep the timeline stable.
There's a game, that I installed in my phone about a decade ago, its called "wasted land: call of cthulu" and its plot takes place during ww1. I recommend anyone interested in H.P. Lovecraft that can find this game to try it.
I myself couldn't find it anywhere again though, unfortunately.
Call of Cthulu: the wasted land? Available on android iOS and ms windows
@@kountstakula232 strange.
I searched for both names, but I couldn't find either, at least for android.
Any links?
@@monarchistheadcrab8819 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu:_The_Wasted_Land can't really find anything but wiki and steam links, can't find it on play store or anything :c I wanna dl it lol. Sinking city is a good play in the genre too if you play on pc or console
It was made by red wasp design in conjunction with chaosism but I can find even less on them than the game lool
Thanks!
Great video. I missed n'tse kaambl but otherwise its one of the most complete breakdowns of the Lovecraftian deities ive ever seen. Keep it up :D
Fun fact: In Lovecraft’s writings, these deities were indifferent and had no lineages.
August Derleth is responsible for attributing morality and familial connections to Lovecraft’s lore, which I think diminishes Lovecraft’s point that the greatest fear is that of the unknown.
True, true
it always struck me as odd, that DC comic's Green Lantern Core never used or created a character based on Hastur
I mean, Yellow Energy is tied to Fear which is the Lantern's main vulnerabilities. Hes a supernatural alien with the Yellow Sign, I mean dude could easily be an ally, avatar or a species tied to Parallax (the embodiement of Fear living in the Lantern Rings) Sinestro could even take on the name King in Yellow
The Ring in Yellow
my guess is its a copyright thing.
@@mrpolarthebear209 I don't think the Cuthulumyhos is copyrighted
@@mrpolarthebear209 All of Lovecraft's works are in the public domain, so you don't need to pay royalties or licensing fees to use any of his created entities, locations, or characters.
@@mrpolarthebear209 im not sure lovecraft is capable of pressing charges
I would love a "guess if it's from the Bible or a lovecraft novel" 😂 bc i swear these descriptions are creative and that's the only other place where I've seen those kinds of creatures
The Lovecraftian Entity Iceberg Explained. Probably worth engaging with the entire presentation as I inadvertently did. the template by which my life is measured....
Loving the use of the Anarchy Online soundtrack in this video. Kudos.
Nice! Good ear my friend.
Cosmic horror is my favorite horror genre. Vast, indifferent, uncaring intellects spanning from horizon to horizon…simple reality becoming enough to drive a person to madness if they ever discover the truth. Ignorance being our only shield from the unimaginable terrors of the universe…how does it get any better than that? Existential horror…
Really good video to relax at night, I got to the Night Gaunt or so before falling fast asleep, but I think I will listen again from the start tonight. Fun stuff
I agree! I’m doing the same!
"my cat however, is the most terrifying" -HP Lovercraft
I just love how many other creators mention his work or characters/reference his stuff in so many different things. My girl is always pissed when I see something and point it out
I have encountered some of these creatures, in fact, I am one of them. Thank you for providing a heads up as to what I might expect to come up against going forward. Very nice choice for the background music during the Gobogeg portion BTW. I always found that track particularly touching. It feels like acceptance of the end. Nostalgic and melancholy, it reminds me of home. Of course, no such end exists in reality, but we can attempt to imagine.
“This horror is indescribable”
*describes it *
Yog-Sothoth is the god of the Cthulhu Mythos. HP Lovecraft once referred to his cosmology, in jest, as the "Yog-Sothothori," I believe.
Most of them are gods. It's one of Lovecraft's key innovations: not just the aliens, but *the gods* of the aliens. Azathoth is the supreme god, anyway. He's the supermassive black hole at the center of the universe and always existed. Yog-Sothoth was created by the Nameless Mist, which in turn was created by Azathoth.
@Kumagoro42 Yog-Sothoth has been implied multiple times to be more "powerful" than Azathoth, nor does Azathoth dream up realty, he isn't all that.
@@Kumagoro42 Azathoth ia the most powerful in the setting, but Yog Sothoth is the setting, the all in one and one in all.
@@tmm8837 No, Azathoth is stated to be the lord of reality far more often the Yog, not to mention the fact Azathoth starts appearing more and more in later works, while Yog less and less, indicating that, even if Yog-Sothoth was meant to be the supreme power originally, Lovecraft clearly changed his mind.
The dream thing is only kinda implied ar best so I'll give you that.
Do you have a minute to hear about our lord and savior Yog Sothoth and His son Nyarlathotep? 👾
This is what you say when you knock on a Jehovah Witnesses door
Not to be that guy, but Nyarlathotep is actually Yog's uncle.
@@interdimensionalsloth6981 Thanks.
Great work reading out the HP Lovecraft Wiki
A 48-minute Iceberg on Lovecraft entities
you spoil us!
Playing Darkest Dungeon, it is funny to see many names or form known in the game with music from it ! Very interesting video and love your voice !
You used an illustration i did a couple of years ago 😃
How awesome!!!!
which illustration is yours?
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@@DaddyDoom nice! Dig that one for sure
@@shawnbrucker1697 thanks man. it was just some personal stuff that I posted on facebook, don't even know how they got there, but I'm glad they did :)
Why is literally every Lovecraft story just “being of indescribable horror”-> wants to destroy everything-> Somehow has a cult behind it-> The End
Holy shit is Lovecraft's work in the public domain? I could see an incredible otherworldly witcher style game having each of these monsters
I'd say elden ring gets pretty close to this with some of the bosses
Bloodborne as well
@@usecode___7453True, Elden ring also has Outer gods that are definitely inspired from lovecraftian outer gods.
Digging the Zelda music. Nice touch
These are like Pokemon on a bad acid trip
Love the Jenova music in the background while explaining the Outer God's, very fitting.
Question: which of the Outer God is the "kindest" as us mortal see it?
Azathoth, How?
-All that giant pile of mush does is sleep, and by sleeping he created the universe and by extension, us humans. If he ever wakes up, everything goes poof, so by simply staying asleep, he lets us exists. Cant get any "kinder" than that really (until he does wake up...)
Nodens, probably
@@argonianguy6226 Nodens is no outer god
@@MAXIMUM646I thought that wasn’t how it worked last I checked I doesn’t really “dream reality”
Thank you for the playlist.
I think my favorite part of Lovecraft's Mythos is how many random, completely disconnected series draw from it or even straight-up work his Mythos into their own. From the Nameless Things and Ungoliant in Lord of the Rings to the Game of Thrones Worldbook namedropping one of Nyarlethotep's many names and the Church of Starry Wisdom amongst the isle of Leng where the "Great Old Ones" would command, from their subterranean dwelling, the God-Empress to kill all foreigners, the oily black stone found all over the World of Ice and Fire not related to any dragon rider civilization like Valyria's roads, and the horrors of Asshai, Valyria, and Yeen. Elder Scrolls and Fallout work eldritch god-beings and several Lovecraft stories into their own stories while there are many terrifying beings and races in Star Wars (Mnggal-Mnggal, Abeloth, Yuuzhan Vong, any of the Sith spirits influencing living beings to commit atrocities, etc.), the Flood and the Primordials who created the dust containing the Primordial's DNA that was corrupted somehow into the Flood hivemind in Halo, and the Chaos Gods and Tyranids from Warhammer. There are eldritch Titan beings and evil alien or demon sorcerers in Mortal Kombat who steal souls or in Shinnok's case, literally want to destroy all of creation and resurrect a dead God called the One Being. Even the Jewish Bible (Old Testament) could be considered a sort of cosmic horror, albeit one that wasn't made by Lovecraft, with angelic beings in terrifying forms, an Almighty God who is not exactly friendly if you don't worship him, visions of talking, burning shrubs, a worldwide flood used to destroy a horrendously evil race of half humans half angels, even the Ark of the Covenant being used as a weapon of war makes me think of an eldritch deity gifting his followers with a powerful artifact to help destroy the enemies of their cult. To me, it kinda feels like Cosmic Horror is built into the human subconscious, like a leftover of primitive humanities' fear of the dark, deep water, and thick forests, because they couldn't see what was hiding in those dark places of the world
MAN!!! Speaking of anyone who was way way before his time, I vote this man 😀,I couldn't even imagine these creatures with back stories and forms there was definitely alot going on in his head.
Its 8:30 on a sunday morning. Im packing a bowl and playing RE4 with its HD fan project mod installed. Shits good right now.
Finding contentment in the simple things is paramount to happiness. Good for you friend. Cheers.
43:23 I love how you used the picture from the video game "South Park: The Fractured, But Whole" in this lol.
The Maker ship is like toonami + tale foundry. I dig it
Damn. No ads. Thats awesome dude. thx.
you forgot to mention how azathoth basically dreamed the entire universe into existence and how the other lovecraftian beings are so afraid of him waking up that there are creatures whose only purpose for existence is to make sure azathoth never wakes up because they believe that if he does everything will cease to exist including the outer gods and the great old ones everything and everyone will dissapear
because Lovecraft didnt write that. Yog Sothoth is the all in one.
So, here's a question... There is frequent talk about forbidden places or texts, banned creatures, names that are not allowed to be spoken and so on. Who makes and enforces all these laws?
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What was that one called again?😳
FANTASTIC VIDEO
LOVED EVERY SECOND
Ok... I know it's a stretch... but the Hounds of Tindalos (as far as the way they are described) very strongly remind me of the demigorgon from Stranger Things.
First time for me wacthing something from this channel.
You forgot to say that Azathot is the most powerful entity in the universe possibly creating the universe itself
or possibly the multiverse
ruclips.net/video/omXfm-gKIgY/видео.html
That video is proof of him not doing that.
Yog Sothoth is actually more powerful… many, many dimensions above Azathoth. So far beyond in-fact that Azathoth as well as all the deity’s residing around him don’t even know that Yog Sothoth exists. The only one who knows is this Gigachad named Carter.
@@MuuNFeret thats why I said the universe lmao 😂
I thought yog-sothoth basically IS the universe (ordered universe I should say given that’s what lovecraft called it) like he is connected to every being in the ”universe”
Outstanding video thanks
Just perfect content
If you ever meet a tall, skinny cheerful guy whos name is Niall Arthur Tepp, walk the other way.
Since when did Azathoth became a simple fearful creature? Isn't the whole universe of Lovecraft a dream of Azathoth and if it wakes up the universe will just collapse?
No the "reality is Azathoth's dream" is just a fan theory that Lovecraft never wrote about
This isn't really an "Iceberg" type of video. But it's still very good, and includes many characters I was unaware of.
I named my pet mice Hastur, Azathoth, and Nyarlathotep because they're such sweet little girls, and they deserved formidable names lol
And edit: it's important to note that Hastur is a yellow/blond mouse, so it's extra fitting
Do you have a cat? Lovecraft had a great name for a cat
Perfect little segment to fall asleep to.
I'm pretty sure that the drawing that appears at minute 38:22 is a pornographic drawing
Yup. Does appear to be that way. If anyone was turned on by this, so help me I will destroy the human race and mate with it.
I looked up that certain entity and yes, I immediately found that and saw others from the same artist.
Who’s gonna tell him?
@@uh8151 not it.
great breakdown 👌 excellent upload sir!!
38:23 Yay prolapse god!
I like it.
The guy also loved cats. Loved giving them clever names.
It would have been nice to put in which story each of these creatures are mentioned or appear, and also where the footages are from, for those that seem to be from movies or video games :-)
The deities not created by Lovecraft are so dull. Especially the family-like connections are something Lovecraft never even hinted at.
Good job! I think you missed Ithaqua and Gla'aki, though.
Loved this video. Keep up da good work. New sub 🔥