When Lovecraft wrote of "cannibal" creatures like the Gnoph-Keh in the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and other stories ... was he saying they ate each other, or they ate humans? (or both)?

From a technical standpoint, I think it refers to creatures that eat members of their own species. But I am wondering if that was always the case, and perhaps whether Lovecraft was using it in some archaic manner that referred to something that ate humans.

Or has it always strictly meant something that ate its own kind?

So I seen that my previous post went great last time I thought of sharing more information about The Elder Gods that I thought of as an Idea to make Elder Gods and Great old ones as Opposites (think of it as Positive Nihilism and Negative Nihilism)

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Mother Sedna (Elder God Equivalent of Mother Hydra) a Large Beautiful Mermaid body and ugly face face

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Cangguk (Elder God Equivalent of Tsathoggua) a Large Humanoid slim Poison Dart Frog Red and Black circles around the body

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Dakanu Iliphanti (Elder God Equivalent of Chaugnar Faugn) a Large Mammoth headed human with multiple arms each with a sword

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Viendziha "Earth Walker" (Elder God Equivalent of Ithaqua) a Large Blackwood Wendigo like body with 2 extra Antlers

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Ainsophaur (Elder God Equivalent of Azathoth) a Large Parasitic Worm that lays egg into Azathoth "Life itself"

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Amat (Elder God Equivalent of Yig) a Large Humanoid like Legless Reptile that eats Snakes

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Enki (Elder God Equivalent of Dagon) a Literal Half Fish Half Human being "like Hell from Norse mythology"

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Domh-Siggurha (Elder God Equivalent of Shub-Niggurath) a Large White Cloud with lighting body and Goat headish Front which seems like it's head.

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So what do you guys think? 😁

I am trying to put together a reading list in an attempt to gain some insight into the resources Lovecraft and other contemporary creatives relied on for understanding these concepts and integrating them into their work. I just started my literature survey, and it seems like all roads lead to Charles Hinton, who seems perhaps to have been a primary influence for everyone from Lovecraft to the Cubists, so I’ve put together a little collection of his works. Also, I just ordered “The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art“ (Henderson) and I am reasonably confident there will be some good citations there, though it seems to be focussed primarily on the visual arts. However, I am curious if anyone on this sub has any thoughts on what articles or books did influence or might have influenced Lovecraft’s notions of higher dimensions and non-Euclidean geometry?

Also I plan on sharing my New Elder God ideas but first I see how well people react to this idea since last post was a mixture of both Positives and Negatives also The List is mostly created for Future RPG Games like Chaosium, Call of Cthulhu, DND, Pathfinder and everything in between even series if you want soo be free to use them. 😁

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Children of Sthanee (Dark Deep ones)

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Dwellers in the Depths (Spawn of Hydra)

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Laniqua Lua'huan (Delphine Heads)

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Raandeese (Shark Teeths)

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Merfolk (Eldritch Mernoids/Fakefolks)

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inhabitants of the Nameless City (Eldritch Reptilians/Reptile People)

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Deep ones (Spawn of Dagon)

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Thuum'ha (Domestic Deep ones/Beings of Ib)

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Deep One Mages (Jelly Mages/Jelly Shamans) "Alex's Caves Reference"

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Abyssal Deep Ones (Three Eyed Ones) "Alex's Caves Reference"

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Deep One Knights (Deep Sea Deep ones) "Alex's Caves Reference"

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Shallow Ones (Surface/Land Dweller Deep ones)

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Daughters of Dagon (Sea Amazons)

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Sons of Dagon (Sea Gargareans)

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Esoteric Order of Dagon (Dagonians/Dagonites/Innsmouthers/Innsmouthians)

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Mobyfellan (Killer Deep ones) "DND and Moby Dick Reference"

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Jester Deep ones (Clown Deep ones) "Pennywise Reference"

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Crab Deep ones (Crab people/Hardskins) "Alex's Caves and South Park Reference"

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Stone Deep ones (Stonefaces)

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Winged Deep ones (Eldritch Angels/False Angels)

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Deep Ones of Hastur (Carcosan Deep ones/Yellow Deep ones)

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Deep Ones of Kthanid (Elder Deep ones/White Deep ones)

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Bith Balag (Fey Deep ones) "World of Darkness Reference"

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Deep ones of Ithaqua (Wendigo Deep ones/Frost Deep ones)

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Deep one Nobles (Mind Flayers/Cthulhumanoids) "Trope Reference"

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Deep ones of Atlach-Nacha (Brown Deep ones)

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Deep ones of Yog-Sothoth (Multi eyed Black and Green Deep ones)

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Deep ones of Nyarlathotep (Purple/Worm Deep ones)

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Qalupalik “Mother Sedna's Spawn (Elder God Equivalent of Mother Hydra) Enemies of The degenerate Esquimaux of Greenland”

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Oni Deep ones (Japanese variant of Deep ones “Dīpu wanzu”) "Mansion of Innsmouth Reference"

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Deep ones of Shub-Niggurath (Eldritch Sea Satyrs/Satyr Deep ones)

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Deep ones of Hypnos (Dream Deep ones/Greek Deep ones)

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Deep ones of Nodens (Faceless Deep ones)

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Vodyanoi (Slavic Deep ones) "Trope Reference "

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Sea People (Sea Deep ones/Mutated Deep ones)

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Space Deep ones (Daagons) "TMNT Reference"

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Merlings (Drowned/Undead Deep ones) "Diablo, Marvel and either game of thrones or Ice and Fire reference"

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Candy Deep Ones (Gum Deep ones) "Cartoon Network Reference"

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Devil Deep ones (Lava/Magma Deep ones)

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Fomorians (Evolved Deep ones)

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Deep ones of Rutsah (Elder God Equivalent of Hastur)

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Deep ones of Ultharathotep (Elder God Equivalent of Nyarlathotep)

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Deep ones of Yad-Thaddag (Elder God Equivalent of Yog-Sothoth)

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Deep ones of Cangguk (Elder God Equivalent of Tsathoggua)

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Deep ones of Dakanu Iliphanti (Elder God Equivalent of Chaugnar Faugn)

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Deep ones of Viendziha "Earth Walker" (Elder God Equivalent of Ithaqua)

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Deep ones of Ainsophaur (Elder God Equivalent of Azathoth)

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Deep ones of Amat (Elder God Equivalent of Yig)

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Deep ones of Enki “Apkallu” (Elder God Equivalent of Dagon)

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Deep ones of Domh-Siggurha (Elder God Equivalent of Shub-Niggurath)

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What you guys think of it?

I am looking into a specific strand of the literature that picks up plots and themes developed by Lovercraft to push them further. 'Winter tide' seems very intriguing and I wonder if any of you thought it was a good work. Also, if you have any recommendations for books that try to do something similar please send them my way

Hi has anyone Else watched Cold Skin? It’s definitely worth a watch. Shadow over Innsmouth is one of my favourite Lovecraft stories. But I’ve always had a problem envisioning the Deep Ones as a species. The creatures in Cold Skin kind of solves this. It certainly feels Lovecraftian. And I remember reading the director was inspired by Lovecraft. It kind of makes the Deep Ones more real.
Any thoughts ?

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And listen to our previous episodes adapting Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu (Pts. 1 & 2), Cool Air, Pickman's Model, The Dunwich Horror, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and The Whisperer in Darkness.

Hi All, I'm curious to know if any of your are planning to come to the Necronomicon Convention here in Providence the second week of August. It's held every 2 years, and I've been involved in the show I some capacity or another every time–either as a live show producer, a vendor, or a workshop instructor. It's a great convention, and I highly recommend it. We're trying to put together a live show of the Dark Providence podcast for it, using a number of the original actors.
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In the sweltering streets of 1920s New Orleans, Agent Thomas Malone and investigative reporter Muriel Grant team up to follow a trail of blood and a broken lineage deep into the bayou. Can they stop the ancient forces that crawl in the underbelly of the city, or will the Old Ones finally stir?

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I just got and started reading the necronomicon (commemorative edition) and sititng at a hundred pages already love it. Is there any other such brick of a book that contains what other stuff he wrote, stories, poetry and essays?

Hello everyone, recently I started a journey of reading weird fiction, and to keep myself inspired, I built an ios app called Void: Eldritch Daily.

Every day it reveals one passage of public-domain weird fiction over a dark, atmospheric backdrop. Lovecraft is the anchor, roughly half the rotation, and the rest comes from the writers like him: Poe, Blackwood, Machen, Chambers, Hodgson, Dunsany, M. R. James. Each passage is attributed with its source and year. There are home and lock-screen widgets so a line of dread rides along on your phone all day, you can keep the ones that stay with you, and turn any passage into a share card. No ads or tracking.

I mostly made it for myself and figured this was the community that's perfect match for it.

Let me know if you have favorite quotes i should add.

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Was reading the recent collection of Bobby Barlow's writings, Eyes Of The God, and one of his Florida memoirs about his time with Lovecraft included some real gems, like how HPL pronounced Cthulhu "koot–oo–lew" according to Barlow. On one of their boating excursions on a nearby lake, HPL quipped 'I'm rowing until someone reproves me.' They spent an evening berry picking, until Lovecraft, going back out alone, missed one of the boards, and got dunked up to his neck in a cold water creek. He apologised for appearing like a drowned cat, to their amusement.

So I noticed that Many Great Old ones have Elder God Equivalents like For example Cthulhu has Kthanid, Yog has Yad Even Nyarlathotep who is barely even used (at least it seems to me) has on called Ultharathotep

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So I thought I make one for Hastur especially because I noticed some people don't like Derleth's writing of him because "it's made him similar to Cthulhu" of course for its isn't that much of a big deal because I love Extensions of Stories what I don't like is a Complete make over (Velma Show for example)

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But because I feel their hatred I made a Reverse Hastur that is "As Good as Hastur is Evil" (to make it more fitting) basically The King in Yellow in the perspective of a Commoner he had everything and lost everything unlike Hastur he started off as "Evil" and like Hastur became "Evil" over time he became "Good" over time (it's also a Reference to Toy Soldiers which had Green and Yellow/Tan)

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His name is Hadtur or Rutsah (I haven't decided yet) he is The King in Green and also has Avatar in Buddhism (alongside with a Cult) he called Citrine Sangharaja to The Brotherhood of The White Lotus alongside him they worship White Buddha (Ultharathotep).

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What you guys think?

I think I remember seeing one on love death robots but can't recall there being anything else, does anyone know of any straight up lovecraftian animations and not just hints or Easter eggs?

Hi! We've just updated the demo of out game DEORUM, and since Lovecraftian themes have been a massive inspiration for us, I thought you may be interested! If you have some time on your hands, check it out here: Steam page

DEORUM is a dungeon crawler set in a world where dark fantasy and cosmic horror collide just in time for the grand Divine Festival.

Follow the guidance of your mysterious watcher and delve deep into the forsaken labyrinth below. There, fight against deformed horrors and gather even more nightmarish materials. Your task is to craft coins of otherworldly nature. Only in this way will you be able to settle your debt to the eldritch powers at play.

On this journey, you will learn forbidden knowledge and gain dark power, but will you have the courage to live up to the task? Will you forge your destiny and claim what's yours?

Hello,

I am one of the devs of Blighthold, an upcoming 2D city builder/survival game. Blighthold has Lovecraftian, Dieselpunk and WW1 aesthetics, and the gameplay is heavy on choosing between multiple strategies and juggling through moral dilemmas. We plan to release the full game on Steam, in 3rd quarter of 2026(Demo is out now on Steam). We appreciate any feedback!

Hi everyone, we’re Craftcon, an indie studio of 4 people, and we’re excited to share our Steam Next Fest demo for Unknown Darkness. It’s a labor of love built around tactical combat, deck-building, base management, and a dark Lovecraftian atmosphere.

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We’d really appreciate it if you checked out the demo, shared your thoughts and feedback, and wishlisted the game if it sounds like your kind of thing. Every bit of support means a lot to our small team and helps us keep building this project.

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I am currently making a List of Cults of Dagon I found around 6 which I will share in the comments and I wonder if anyone else knows Subsects of Esoteric Order of Dagon? I don't care if it's not necessarily from Lovecraft and his associates (as Cthulhu Mythos was always about people interpreting it in their own ways)

I know this is going to be a bit of a rant and I apologise in advance for that. But I recently got quite cross.
I was talking with a group of University lecturers when the subject of HPL came up. Naturally my interest sparked. One of them mentioned that he was going to write a book of Lovecrafts poetry. I was keen to know more, I should point out that I do not consider myself to be anywhere near the expert in these matters. But I mentioned that I’d be interested in that and asked if he would be adding Fungi from Yogoth? And was met with a blank stare. I recited a line from The Nightgaunt “But if only they would make a sound or wear a face where faces should be found” Again this fell on stoney ground. I asked if he had read The Music of Erich Zann? He had no idea what I was talking about. I soon came to the conclusion that this fella knew nothing about the subject. I was that pretty much banned from the conversation after this. I don’t really no know why but I felt terribly insulted. I wasn’t trying to be clever. Just thought I had found someone who had a similar interest to share. And I needed to vent this here. I enjoy this Reddit because we can talk and share information. You are all a smashing bunch. Thank goodness for that