Cthulhu

It is becoming increasingly clear that Cthulhu is meddling with me in some way - I'm predicting big trouble for this Old God. Cephalopods and Cthulhuhimself have cropped up in conversation far too often over the past few weeks from Tentacle Porn to documentaries about killer squid and even into my dreams. I've even got interested in tales of Giant Squid.

The important question has now been asked - Who Will be eaten First (an excellent parody of the 'Who will be Saved First' nutcases. UPDATE: the people being parodied have shut the site down - see here for other lcoations and I have a copy so it isn't gone for good). If you want more Cthulhu-related comedy you couldn't do much better than Pokethulhu or The Misadventures of Hello Cthulhu or The Adventures of plush Cthulhu

I've made a Cthulhu smiley - bask in its pan-dimensional malevolence:

Current average random cephalopod 'incident': 2.23/day

Literature not to read if you are concerned that Cthulhu may be after you:

The Kraken by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

quote:

Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous and secret cell
Unnumber'd and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the lumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.

The Kraken Wakes/Out of the Deeps by John Wynhdam - a great book but I can't find an electronic copy available - it was released in 1953 so the copyright must nearly be up.

The Sea Raiders by H.G. Wells - a strange short story.

The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury - not quite a cephalopod but beautifully written and along similar lines.

and of course:

The Call of Cthulhu (pdf)

Cthulhu songs:

A lot of songs are written in praise of him:

Bozo Porno Circus - Release the Kraken (from Regenerate)

Clutch - Release The Kraken

Cradle of Filth - Cthulhu Dawn (from Midian)

Darkest of the Hillside Thickets - Cthulhu Dreams. They have released a lot of Chtulhu related songs and albums.

Filk - Do You Hear The Pipes, Cthulhu (to the tune of Abba's ""Fernando"). There are a lot of Filk (like folk) Mythos-related songs of a similar ilk (That's Cthulhu!, Cthulhu Christmas Chorale and These Cthulhish Things).

Leslie Fish - Where, Oh Where Has Cthulhu Gone

Liar of Golgatha - In Praise of Cthulhu

Mekong Delta - Call of Cthulhu

Metallica - The Call Of Ktulu (from Ride The Lightning)

Samael - Rite of Cthulhu

Therion - Cthulhu

Tom Smith - Cthulhu Lite FM

and there are also Cthulhu named bands including:

Teen Cthulhu