List of Cthulhu Mythos characters

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The following characters appear in H. P. Lovecraft's story cycle — the Cthulhu Mythos.

Overview:

• Name. The name of the character appears first.
• Birth/Death. The date of the character's birth and death (if known) appears in parentheses below the character's name. Ambivalent dates are denoted by a question mark.
• Description. A brief description of the character follows next.

Contents:	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T U V W Y Z

A

Alhazred, Abdul

(655?–738)

The infamous "mad

.

Akeley, George Goodenough

The son of Henry Wentworth Akeley. See "The Whisperer in Darkness".

Akeley, Henry Wentworth

(c. 1871–??)

".

Allen, Zadok

(c. 1831–1926?)

One of the few completely human residents of

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

".

Angell, George Gammell

(1857–November 23, 1926)

A Professor Emeritus of Semitic languages at Brown University who researches the worldwide Cthulhu cult. See "The Call of Cthulhu".

Armitage, Dr. Henry

(1855–1939/1946?)

Chief librarian at

".

Ashley, Professor Ferdinand C.

Professor of

".

Atal

Resident of

".

Atwood, Professor

( ?? – 1930–31)

Professor of

.

B

Barzai (the Wise)

Barzai is high-priest of the Gods of Earth (the Great Ones) in Ulthar and one-time teacher of Atal. See "The Other Gods".

Billington, Alijah

Alijah Billington is the heir to Richard Billington's estate in the early 19th century. See The Lurker at the Threshold.

Blake, Robert Harrison

A fictional horror writer. See

.

Blayne, Horvath

(c. 1925–1948)

A character from August Derleth's 1952 story "The Black Island". Upon being given the

ancestry.

Bowen, Enoch

Bowen is a renowned

".

Bran Mak Morn

(?–c. 210)

In the fiction of Robert E. Howard, the last king of the Picts. See Bran Mak Morn.

C

Carter, Randolph

(1873–1928?)

Boston author, occultist, and legendary "dreamer". See Randolph Carter.

Castaigne, Hildred

A

after he tries to kill his brother's fiancée.

Castro

An aged sailor and Cthulhu cultist. See "The Call of Cthulhu".

Chalmers, Halpin

(1891–July 3, 1928)

Mystic, esteemed writer of

. After Chalmers' death, his fiction became hugely popular. His most famous work is The Secret Watcher (London's Charnel House Press). Posthumous publications about Chalmers include The Collected Letters of Halpin Chalmers and Halpin Chalmers: Voyager of Other and Many Dimensions, a biography by Fred Carstairs.

Chandraputra, Swami Sunand

Disguise of Randolph Carter.

Clarendon, Dr. Alfred

An American physician who had dreamed of conquering fever and ended up a murderous servant of inhuman powers.

Colum, Nayland

A

.

Copeland, Harold Hadley

(c. 1860–May 15, 1926)

A scholar who appears in the fiction of Lin Carter, starting with "The Dweller in the Tomb". See Xothic legend cycle.

Corsi, Bartolomeo

A 12th century

.

Crom-Ya

(15,000 BC)

, and body-swapped victim of the Great Race.

Crow, Titus

(1916–1968?)

Crow is the protagonist of a series of Mythos stories written by Brian Lumley, first appearing in 1970's "Billy's Oak". He is a British occult researcher and psychic dedicated to combating the Cthulhu Cycle Deities. See Titus Crow.

Crucian, Robert

(1972-????)

Introduced by writer Jason Bengston, a former military police officer, and part-time librarian. See Robert Crucian.

Curwen, Joseph

(1663–1771)

In Lovecraft's novel

who comes back to corporeal existence through his descendant Charles Dexter Ward.

D

Danforth

Graduate student at

Miskatonic University who accompanies the ill-fated Pabodie Expedition to Antarctica. See At the Mountains of Madness

.

Davenport, Eli

Vermont folklorist who recounts the legend of a race of strange beings that dwelt beneath the Vermont hills. See "The Whisperer in Darkness".

Davies, Chandler

(?–May ? 1962)

In the writings of Brian Lumley, a renowned British artist and friend of Titus Crow. His macabre paintings are legendary; foremost is his piece Stars and Faces. After his mistress burned his latest work, G'harne Landscape, he went mad with rage and was confined to Woodholme Sanitorium, where he died shortly thereafter.

De la Poer, Thomas

(c. 1855–?)The last of the De la Poer family, who, after rebuilding the infamous Exham Priory (the hated seat of his ancestors), moving in and exploring its cellars, went mad and died in Hanwell Asylum. See The Rats in the Walls.

De Marigny, Étienne-Laurent

New Orleans occultist.

De Marigny, Henri-Laurent

(1923–)

Son of Étienne-Laurent de Marigny and New Orleans mystic. In the 1930s, his father sent him to England, where he became the inseparable colleague of Titus Crow.

Derby, Edward Pickman

(1890–1933)

Poet and husband of Asenath Waite. See "The Thing on the Doorstep".

d'Erlette, Comte

Title of a

's 1935 story "The Suicide in the Study", which calls his book "ghastly". Lovecraft uses the name in two 1935 stories, "The Shadow Out of Time" and "Haunter of the Dark", the latter of which calls d'Erlette's work "infamous". Derleth himself refers to d'Erlette in "The Adventure of the Six Silver Spiders" (1950) and "The Black Island" (1952).

Eddy C. Bertin's 1976 "Darkness, My Name Is", presenting the Comte's given name as Francois-Honore Balfour, describes Cultes des Goules as "rather disappointing because its author had possessed more fantasy than knowledge about the hideous things he was writing about."

Dewart, Ambrose

A reclusive descendant of Alijah Billington and scholar in Arkham. See The Lurker at the Threshold.

Dexter, (Doctor) Ambrose

Ambrose Dexter removed the

".

Du Nord, Gespard

c. 1240.

Dyer, William

(c. 1875–?)

Professor of

civilization.

E

E-poh

Wizened leader of the Tcho-Tcho people, possibly killed when

.

Eibon

Renowned

.

Eldin the Wanderer

(?–1979)

Companion of David Hero on his adventures in the

.

Elton, Basil

(c. 1870–?)

Custodian of the North Point

.

Exior K'Mool

Third most powerful

arrived to deal with him in person.

F

Feery, Joachim

(?–1934)

Occultist and author of Notes on the Cthäat Aquadingen and Notes on the Necronomicon.

Also used as an alternate name by Robert M. Price.

Franklyn, Roland

(?–1967)

In the writings of

The late Roland Franklyn himself, alas, was not cremated.

G

Geoffrey, Justin

An English poet who died in a lunatic asylum. Some years before, his already frail psyche had been warped by looking for too long at the Black Stone of legend near the village of Stregoicavar. He never witnessed the annual, nocturnal rite of 24 June. The narrator in "The Black Stone" mentions that if he had, he would have become insane much earlier. His poetry is used as prelude in The Thing on the Roof and his backstory was explored in the unfinished story, The House. Here it was revealed that Geoffrey came from a family of merchants with no interest in art or poetry. The fragment suggests that Justin's insanity began when, as a child, he went to sleep one summer night beside a long-abandoned, sinister-looking farmhouse. Afterwards, he developed an increasingly violent temper (in contrast to his family's well known friendliness and sociability) as well as the habit of sneaking out of the house late at night to go exploring. Justin left home at the age of 17, after reluctantly completing high school. The Thing on the Doorstep reveals that Geoffrey was a correspondent of Edward Derby and gives the year of his death as 1926. See "The Black Stone"

Gilman, Walter

(?–May 1, 1928)

See "The Dreams in the Witch House".

Gordon, Edgar Hengist

In Robert Bloch's [1936] short story "The Dark Demon", Gordon is a failed writer of horror fiction who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. His morbid writings (such as "Gargoyle", "The Principle of Evil", Night-Gaunt, and The Soul of Chaos) were said to drive away readers and publishers alike.

Grimlan, John

(March 10, 1630?–March 10, 1930)

Made a pact with Malik Tous, the Prince of Darkness, for 250 years of life.

Gustau, Thelred

(?–1972) Published Legends of the Olden Runes, based on translated documents written by Teh Atht, preserved in a golden box cast up by the eruption of Surtsey. Disappeared in a mysterious "explosion."

H

Hero, David

A Dreamer, in the

. Once mortal, he died and was reborn in the Dreamlands.

Hoag, (Captain) Abner Exekiel

(1697–?)

A sea captain in the Lin Carter story "The Dweller in the Tomb".

Hutchinson, Edward

True name of Baron Ferenczy of Transylvania.

I

Ibn Schacabao

.

J

Johansen, Gustaf

(??–1925)

A

".

K

Kant, Ernst

Klarkash-Ton

Atlantean high-priest credited with recording the "Commoriom myth-cycle" of ancient Hyperborea. (The name is Lovecraft's pun for his friend and correspondent Clark Ashton Smith.)

Keane, Abel

An assistant of Laban Shrewsbury who mysteriously disappeared. See The Trail of Cthulhu.

Kirowan, (Professor) John

See John Kirowan.

Kuranes

A king in the Dreamlands, originally a

.

L

Lake, Prof.

( ?? – 1930–31)

A professor of biology at

.

Lapham, Seneca

A professor of anthropology at

.

Legrasse, John Raymond

In Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu", Legrasse is a

".

Lillibridge, Edwin M.

An inquisitive reporter for the Providence Telegram who disappears in 1893 – as it turns out, inside the Free-Will Church where the

LLanfer, (Doctor) Cyrus

(?–c. 1950)

A chief librarian of

's post some time before 1936. He is noteworthy for compiling "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", a huge catalog of the arcane books kept in the Special Collections department.

Luveh-Keraphf

The mad high priest of

to Lovecraft.

M

Marsh, Obadiah

A sea captain and the founder of the Esoteric Order of Dagon in

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

".

Mason, Keziah

See "The Dreams in the Witch House".

Misquamacus

See The Lurker at the Threshold.

Morgan, (Professor) Francis

Professor of

".

Mülder, (Doctor & Professor) Gottfried

(? – 1858?)

Scientist and travel-companion of von Junzt. Wrote the foreword to Unaussprechlichen Kulten as well as The Secret Mysteries of Asia, with a Commentary on the Ghorl Nigräl .

Mylakhrion

Most powerful wizard of Theem'hdra. He attained immortality by making a bargain with the Great Old One Cthulhu. He was killed by Cthulhu after attempting to renege on the agreement. Lived in Humquass and Tharamoon.

N

Nephren-Ka

The Black Pharaoh, an insane pharaoh who secured the Shining Trapezohedron for Egypt, but after being convinced by the resident Haunter of the Dark, he had a lightless temple created to hold the stone and the deity within. That temple became a center of abominable happenings, and the rites carried out there were so monstrous the temple was destroyed and the Pharaoh's name was struck from all records and monuments. The Pharaoh was controlled by the cruel god Nyarlathotep, of whom the Haunter of the Dark was likely an avatar.

P

Peaslee, Nathaniel Wingate

In Lovecraft's "The Shadow Out of Time", a professor of Political Economy at Miskatonic University and one-time victim of the

.

Phelan, Andrew

(c. 1910–1938?)

One-time assistant of Laban Shrewsbury. See The Trail of Cthulhu.

Philetas, Theodorus

(c. 950)

A fictional Greek scholar from Constantinople, Byzantine Empire. In 950AD, Philetas translated Al Hazred's Kitab Al Azif into Greek and gave it the title Necronomicon.

Phillips, Ward (1)

First president of the institution later known as

and one of the three instructors at the school. In 1693, he donated the first books to what would become Miskatonic's famed library.

Phillips, Ward (2)

Reverend of the Second Church (later First Baptist Church) of Arkham and author of Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New-England Canaan. See The Lurker at the Threshold.

Phillips, Ward (3)

Aged writer of

. (The character is based on Lovecraft, hence the name.)

Phillips, Winfield

(1907–1937)

Pickman, Richard Upton

(?–1926?)

Renowned

".

Pott, Johannes Henricus

(1692–1777)

German chemist, see Johann Heinrich Pott

Prinn, Abigail

(?–December 14, 1690)

In

began. Fearing she had cursed the town, superstitious colonists drove a stake through her heart before burying her. She may be a descendant of Ludwig Prinn.

She rose from the dead to summon Nyogtha and attack the protagonist of The Salem Horror.

Prinn, Ludwig

(?–1542)

.

R

Rice, (Professor) Warren

Professor of

".

S

Schrach, Gerhard

Character in Hero of Dreams (Lumley)

Shrewsbury, Laban

(1864–1938?)

An

.

Silberhutte, Hank

A

's The Burrowers Beneath and reappears on his own in Spawn of the Winds and In the Moons of Borea as well as a guest-appearance in Elysia.

Sincaul, Cyprian

In Clark Ashton Smith's "The Hunters From Beyond" (1932), Sincaul is a renowned San Francisco sculptor with a reputation for producing morbid works. He also appears in Lin Carter's "Out of the Ages".

Smith, Japhet

An agent of the Cthulhu cult. See The Trail of Cthulhu.

Smith, Morgan

Occult scholar and author of the seminal Sign of the Skull.

Surama

Humanoid teacher and collaborator of Dr

.

T

Thurston, Francis Wayland

The grand-nephew of George Angell, who discovers the secret of the Cthulhu Cult while going through his late uncle's papers. See "The Call of Cthulhu".

Tuttle, Amos

(?–1937?)

Miskatonic Library benefactor, collector of the Tuttle Celaeno Fragments and the R'leyh Text.

T'yog

In "Out of the Aeons", ghostwritten by Lovecraft, T'yog is high priest of

-like ability, he prepared a special scroll. T'yog was defeated when Ghatanothoa's priests replaced his scroll with a fake.

He also appears in Lin Carter's "The Thing in the Pit".

Typer, Alonzo Hasbrouch

(1855–1908)

Came to and disappeared in Chorazin, N.Y., and his diary was found in 1935. See The Diary of Alonzo Typer

U

Undercliffe, Errol

(c. 1937–1967?)

Enigmatic writer of

, and noted that a Korean director, Harry Chang, was to film some of Undercliffe's stories under the title Red Dreams.

Upton, Daniel

(c. 1884–?)

Character in The Thing on the Doorstep. Father of Edward Derby Upton.

V

Von Junzt, Friedrich Wilhelm

The author of the Unaussprechlichen Kulten (Nameless Cults). See The Black Stone.

W

Waite, Asenath

(1905–1932)

In Lovecraft's "

mentioned.

Waite, Ephraim

In Lovecraft's "The Thing on the Doorstep", he is the father of Asenath Waite who later possessed her body.

Walmsley, Gordon (of Goole)

Author and expert in the science of ciphers

Ward, Charles Dexter

(1902–1928?)

See The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

Warren, Harley

Occult friend of Randolph Carter and victim of unknown forces. See Harley Warren.

Webb, William Channing

An explorer and professor of Anthropology at Princeton University who encountered the Cthulhu Cult in Greenland. See "The Call of Cthulhu".

Wendy-Smith, Sir Amery

(?–1933)

Archaeologist, explorer, and author of the G'harne Fragments.

West, Herbert

".

Whateley, Lavinia

(c. 1878–October 31, 1926?)

".

Whateley, (Wizard) Noah

(?–August 1, 1924)

Backwoods farmer and reputed sorcerer. See "The Dunwich Horror".

Whateley, Wilbur

(February 2, 1913–August 3, 1928)

Son of Lavinia Whateley and

".

Wilmarth, Albert N.

Folklorist and assistant professor of

".

Wormius, Olaus

A man who prepared the Latin edition of the Necronomicon during the eleventh century. See Ole Worm.

Y

Yakthoob

In Lin Carter's 1971 short story "The Doom of Yakthoob", the title character is a

.

Z

Zamacona Y Nuñez, Panfilio De

(c. 1512–?)

In the 1940

K'n-yan

., After living with the increasingly inhuman people of K'n-yan for a few years, he attempts escape, but is betrayed by a pack-beast. A second attempt ends horribly with him captured, and made into a mutilated zombie monster guarding the mound entrance referred to in the story's title.

Zanthu

Appears in "The Dweller in the Tomb", RF, "The Thing in the Pit", WF

Muvian sorcerer, author of the Zanthu Tablets.

Zarnak, (Doctor) Anton

Occult detective

Zon Mezzamalech

A wizard of Hyperborea, ancient even in Eibon's time, who sought through a mysterious cloudy crystal, the secrets guarded by the mindless Ubbo-Sathla, spawner of all earthly life. He and the crystal both disappear.

References

Citations

Sources

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