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

Cthulhu Mythos The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent and protégé of Lovecraft, to identify ...

. 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. (Note: ''ca.'' is the abbreviation for "circa".) *''Description''. A brief description of the character follows next. __NOTOC__

A

Alhazred, Abdul

(655?–738) The infamous "mad

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...

" credited as the author of ''Al-Azif'' (the '' Necronomicon''). He is first mentioned in Lovecraft's "

The Nameless City "The Nameless City" is a short horror story written by American writer H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal ''The Wolverine''. It is often considered the first story set in ...

". See Abdul Alhazred.

Akeley, George Goodenough

The son of Henry Wentworth Akeley. See "

The Whisperer in Darkness ''The Whisperer in Darkness'' is a 26,000-word novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written February–September 1930, it was first published in ''Weird Tales'', August 1931. Similar to '' The Colour Out of Space'' (1927), it is a blen ...

Akeley, Henry Wentworth

(c.1871-??)

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

and correspondent of Albert Wilmarth who becomes involved with the

Fungi A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...

from Yuggoth. See "

Allen, Zadok

(c. 1831–1926?) One of the few completely human residents of Innsmouth. Despite very advanced age, he apparently does not die a natural death, but is dealt with in the uproar set off by narrator. See " The Shadow Over Innsmouth".

Angell, George Gammell

(1857–November 23, 1926) A Professor Emeritus of

Semitic languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigrant a ...

at Brown University who researches the worldwide

Cthulhu Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pan ...

cult. See " The Call of Cthulhu".

Armitage, Dr. Henry

(1855–1939/1946?) Chief librarian at Miskatonic University who confronted the Dunwich Horror. See " The Dunwich Horror".

Ashley, Professor Ferdinand C.

Professor of

ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history co ...

at Miskatonic University, mentioned in “ The Shadow Out of Time”.

Atal

Resident of Ulthar in the Dreamlands. See " The Other Gods".

Atwood, Professor

( ?? - 1930-31 ) Professor of

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rel ...

at Miskatonic University who accompanied Professor William Dyer on the disastrous Pabodie Expedition to Antarctica in 1930–31 chronicled in ''

At the Mountains of Madness ''At the Mountains of Madness'' is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by ''Weird Tales'' editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was ori ...

'' in which he dies with Professor Lake.

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 Robert Harrison Blake.

Blayne, Horvath

(c. 1925–1948) A character from August Derleth's 1952 story "The Black Island". Upon being given the Elder Sign by Shrewsbury, he feels an unpleasant sensation from it, and soon realizes that he has Deep One ancestry.

Bowen, Enoch

Bowen is a renowned

occultist The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism ...

and archaeologist who lived in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

. See " The Haunter of the Dark".

Bran Mak Morn

(?–c. 210) In the fiction of

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906June 11, 1936) was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subge ...

, the last king of the Picts. See

Bran Mak Morn Bran Mak Morn is a hero of five pulp fiction short stories by Robert E. Howard. In the stories, most of which were first published in ''Weird Tales'', Bran is the last king of Howard's romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts.Rusty Burke ...

C

Carter, Randolph

(1873-1928?)

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...

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

Castaigne, Hildred

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...

resident who after a head injury becomes obsessed with the

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

'' The King in Yellow'', even producing a translation. He is institutionalized at an asylum for the criminally insane after he tries to kill his brother's fiancée.

Castro

An aged sailor and

cultist. See " The Call of Cthulhu".

Chalmers, Halpin

(1891–July 3, 1928) Mystic, esteemed writer of

horror fiction Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian J. ...

, and the victim of a gruesome, unsolved murder. He was born in Partridgeville,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

and was a graduate of Miskatonic University, class of 1918. Later he became the Curator of Archaeology at the Manhattan Museum of Fine Arts in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Kings County is the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the State of New York, ...

. 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

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

writer who vanishes from a ship bringing him home from

Arabia The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...

. See '' The Trail of Cthulhu''.

Copeland, Harold Hadley

(c. 1860–May 15, 1926) A scholar who appears in the fiction of

Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. L ...

, starting with " The Dweller in the Tomb". See Xothic legend cycle.

Corsi, Bartolomeo

A 12th century Florentine

monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...

and body-swapped victim of the Great Race of Yith.

Crom-Ya

(15,000 B.C.) Cimmerian chief, worshipper of

Tsathoggua Tsathoggua (the ''Sleeper of N'kai'', also known as Zhothaqquah) is a supernatural entity in the Cthulhu Mythos shared fictional universe. He is the creation of American writer Clark Ashton Smith and is part of his Hyperborean cycle. Tsathoggua ...

, 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 The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism ...

researcher and

psychic A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance, or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, ...

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 '' The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'', Curwen is a necromancer 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 Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

. See ''

''.

Davenport, Eli

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

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 New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

, 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

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

aristocrat and the fictional author of '' Cultes des Goules'', inspired by the ancestral form of Mythos author

August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and th ...

's name. The fictional writer is first mentioned in

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

'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 Arkham () is a fictional city situated in Massachusetts. An integral part of the Lovecraft Country setting created by H. P. Lovecraft, Arkham is featured in many of his stories and those of other Cthulhu Mythos writers. Arkham House, a publish ...

. See '' The Lurker at the Threshold''.

Dexter, (Doctor) Ambrose

Ambrose Dexter removed the

Shining Trapezohedron "The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5–9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of ''Weird Tales'' (Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 538–53). It was the last written ...

and a group of dangerous grimoires from the

Church of Starry Wisdom The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent and protégé of Lovecraft, to identify ...

after the death of Robert Blake; when trying to get rid of the stone was possessed by the Haunter, and became a human puppet for Nyarlathotep to live within as a nuclear scientist. See " The Haunter of the Dark".

Du Nord, Gespard

Wizard in 13th century

Averoigne Averoigne is a fictional counterpart of a provinces of France, historical province in France, detailed in a series of short stories by the American writer Clark Ashton Smith. Smith may have based Averoigne on the actual province of Auvergne (prov ...

. He is believed to have translated the

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

version of the '' Book of Eibon'' into

c. 1240.

Dyer, William

(c. 1875–?) Professor of

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

at Miskatonic University and leader of the disastrous Pabodie Expedition to

in 1930–31. In 1935, he accompanied an expedition to Australia's

Great Sandy Desert The Great Sandy Desert is an interim Australian bioregion,IBRA Version 6.1
data

to search for the ruins of a

primordial Primordial may refer to: * Primordial era, an era after the Big Bang. See Chronology of the universe * Primordial sea (a.k.a. primordial ocean, ooze or soup). See Abiogenesis * Primordial nuclide, nuclides, a few radioactive, that formed before ...

civilization.

E

E-poh

Wizened leader of the Tcho-Tcho people, possibly killed when Alaozar was destroyed by the Elder Gods. He was well over seven thousand years old and led the cult of Zhar and Lloigor.

Eibon

Renowned wizard of

Hyperborea In Greek mythology, the Hyperboreans ( grc, Ὑπερβόρε(ι)οι, ; la, Hyperborei) were a mythical people who lived in the far northern part of the known world. Their name appears to derive from the Greek , "beyond Boreas" (the God of ...

, author of the '' Book of Eibon'', and worshiper of

Eldin the Wanderer

(?–1979) Companion of David Hero on his adventures in the Dreamlands. In the waking world, he was Leonard Dingle, a professor of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

and dream researcher. After he died, he became a permanent resident of the Dreamlands and remains one of its greatest figures. He now serves at the pleasure of King Kuranes of Celephaïs.

Elton, Basil

(c. 1870–?) Custodian of the North Point Lighthouse and traveler of the Dreamlands. He lost his dream-self during his quest for unknown Cathuria.

Exior K'Mool

Third most powerful wizard of Theem'hdra, after his master Mylakhrion and Teh Atht. Like his former master, he tried to attain immortality by making a bargain with the

Great Old One American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) created a number of fictional deities throughout the course of his literary career. These entities are usually depicted as immensely powerful and utterly indifferent to humans who can barely begin to ...

s. However, his home and the ruined city of Humquass were destroyed when Nyarlathotep 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

Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...

, the leader of a cult in Brichester, England in the mid-1960s. In January 1964, he published his cult's dogma in ''We Pass From View'' (True Light Press). Among the claims made in the book is that the deceased must be cremated in order for the soul to be reincarnated. Otherwise, the "burrowers of the core may drag off his body from the grave with him still in it to the feast of Eihort."Ramsey Campbell, "The Franklyn Paragraphs", p. 71, ''Cthulhu's Heirs''. 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 Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

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 936short story "The Dark Demon", Gordon is a failed writer of

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 Dreamlands. 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

Wizard mentioned in the '' Necronomicon''.

J

Johansen, Gustaf

(??-1925) A Norwegian sailor who encounters

. Unlike his companions, he manages to survive both physically and mentally, and returns home - only to be murdered most subtly by a member of the Cthulhu cult. " The Call of Cthulhu".

K

Kant, Ernst

Klarkash-Ton

Atlantean high-priest credited with recording the "Commoriom myth-cycle" of ancient

. (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 Professor John Kirowan is a fictional character from Robert E. Howard's contributions to H.P. Lovecraft's story cycle "the Cthulhu Mythos". Kirowan is often partnered with the character John Conrad, to the extent that these stories are often refe ...

Kuranes

A king in the Dreamlands, originally a

hobo A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. Hoboes, tramps and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; and a bum neither travels nor works. E ...

in the waking world. See Kuranes.

L

Lake, Prof.

( ?? - 1930-31 ) A professor of Biology at Miskatonic University. Member of the Pabodie Antarctic expedition.

Lapham, Seneca

A professor of Anthropology at Miskatonic University who investigated the death of Ambrose Dewart. See '' The Lurker at the Threshold''.

Legrasse, John Raymond

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

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

police inspector Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia In Australian police forces, the rank of inspector is generally the ne ...

who investigated the

cult. See " The Call of Cthulhu".

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

sect holds its services. His remains are discovered by Robert Blake when he investigates the abandoned building. See '' The Haunter of the Dark''

LLanfer, (Doctor) Cyrus

(?–c. 1950) A chief librarian of Miskatonic University Library who first appears in

's "The Return of Hastur". After graduating from the university in 1902, he became the assistant director of the library and later took over Henry Armitage'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 Bast during

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

's 13th Dynasty and writer of the ''Black Rites''. The name is

's homage to Lovecraft.)

M

Marsh, Obadiah

A sea captain and the founder of the Esoteric Order of Dagon in Innsmouth. See " 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

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, and Health promotion ...

and

Comparative Anatomy Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. It is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny (the evolution of species). The science began in the classical era, continuing in ...

(or

Archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts ...

) at Miskatonic University who helped defeat the ''Dunwich Horror''. See " The Dunwich Horror".

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 Great Race of Yith. See " The Shadow Out of Time". He was killed in the epilogue of The Transition of Titus Crow in the aftermath of Project X's unsuccessful attempt to kill Cthylla.

Phelan, Andrew

(c. 1910–1938?) One-time assistant of Laban Shrewsbury. See '' The Trail of Cthulhu''.

Philetas, Theodorus

(c. 950) A fictional

scholar from

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth ( Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

. 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 Miskatonic University 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

and author of ''Thaumaturgical Prodigies in the New-England Canaan''. See '' The Lurker at the Threshold''.

Phillips, Ward (3)

Aged writer of

pulp fiction ''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rha ...

and friend of Randolph Carter. (The character is based on Lovecraft, hence the name.)

Phillips, Winfield

(1907–1937)

Pickman, Richard Upton

(?–1926?) Renowned

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

infamous for his ghoulish works. In 1926, he vanished from his home (though years later he resurfaced as a ghoul in the Dreamlands). See "

Pickman's Model "Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of ''Weird Tales''. It has been adapted for television anthology series twice: in a 1971 episode of ''Night Gallery' ...

Pott, Johannes Henricus

(1692-1777) German chemist, see

Johann Heinrich Pott Johann Heinrich Pott (6 October 1692 – 29 March 1777) was a Prussian physician and chemist. He is considered a pioneer of pyrochemistry. He examined the elements bismuth and manganese apart from attempting improvements to glass and porcelain prod ...

Prinn, Abigail

(?–December 14, 1690) In

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

's "The Salem Horror", an alleged

witch Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have u ...

and self-proclaimed high priestess of Nyogtha in

Salem, Massachusetts Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports tr ...

. She died mysteriously before the

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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) Sorcerer and author of '' De Vermis Mysteriis''.

R

Rice, (Professor) Warren

Professor of

Classical Languages A classical language is any language with an independent literary tradition and a large and ancient body of written literature. Classical languages are typically dead languages, or show a high degree of diglossia, as the spoken varieties of the ...

at Miskatonic University and a member of the famous trio that defeated the ''Dunwich Horror''. See " The Dunwich Horror".

S

Schrach, Gerhard

Character in ''Hero of Dreams'' (Lumley)

Shrewsbury, Laban

(1864–1938?) An anthropologist and professor of philosophy at Miskatonic University who disappeared for twenty years, only to be presumed killed in a house fire shortly after his reappearance. See '' The Trail of Cthulhu''.

Silberhutte, Hank

telepath Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic ...

from

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

with the ability to sense the minds of alien beings. In 1966, he joined the Wilmarth Foundation to help fight the Cthulhu Cycle Deities (the

s). He is introduced in Brian Lumley'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 San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

with a reputation for producing morbid works. He also appears in Lin Carter's " Out of the Ages".

Smith, Japhet

An agent of the

cult. See '' The Trail of Cthulhu''.

Smith, Morgan

Occult The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism ...

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

Surama

Humanoid teacher and collaborator of Dr Clarendon. Surama was perhaps a serpent man.

T

Thurston, Francis Wayland

The grand-nephew of George Angell, who discovers the secret of the ''

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

Shub-Niggurath Shub-Niggurath is a fictional deity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. She is often associated with the phrase "The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young". The only other name by which Lovecraft referred to her was "Lord of the Wood" i ...

and sorcerer in the province of K'naa in ancient Mu. He sought to challenge the power of

Ghatanothoa The Xothic legend cycle is a series of short stories by American writer Lin Carter that are based on the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, primarily on Lovecraft's stories " The Call of Cthulhu" and " Out of the Aeons". The cycle is centered o ...

by confronting the god in its lair on Yaddith-Gho. To protect himself from the god's

medusa In Greek mythology, Medusa (; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress"), also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those ...

-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

in Brichester, England. He disappeared in 1967 after looking into the death of Roland Franklyn. His stories appear in two collections: ''The Man Who Feared to Sleep'' and ''Photographed by Lightning''. His correspondent

(whose story "The Stocking" Undercliffe dismissed as "elaborately pointless") paid tribute to him in '' Demons by Daylight'', 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 " The Thing on the Doorstep", she is the daughter and victim of Ephraim Waite.

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 Harley Warren is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft, based on his friend Samuel Loveman (1887–1976). Lovecraft had a dream about Loveman, which inspired him to write the short story " The Statement of Randolph Carter" in 1919. In t ...

Webb, William Channing

An explorer and professor of

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

who encountered the Cthulhu Cult in

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. See " The Call of Cthulhu".

Wendy-Smith, Sir Amery

(?–1933) Archaeologist, explorer, and author of the ''G'harne Fragments''.

West, Herbert

Miskatonic University medical student who experimented with the reanimation of corpses. See "

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Whateley, Lavinia

(c. 1878–October 31, 1926?)

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daughter of Noah Whateley. See " The Dunwich Horror".

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

Yog-Sothoth American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) created a number of fictional deities throughout the course of his literary career. These entities are usually depicted as immensely powerful and utterly indifferent to humans who can barely begin to ...

. See " The Dunwich Horror".

Wilmarth, Albert N.

Folklorist and assistant professor of English at Miskatonic University who investigated strange events in

. See "

Wormius, Olaus

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

Ole Worm Ole Worm (13 May 1588 – 31 August 1654), who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician, natural historian and antiquary. He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen where he taught Greek, Lat ...

Y

Yakthoob

In Lin Carter's 1971 short story “The Doom of Yakthoob”, the title character is a wizard who apprenticed the young Abdul Alhazred. He perishes horribly during an ill-fated summoning of a demon.

Z

Zamacona Y Nuñez, Panfilio De

(c. 1512–?) In the 1940 Zealia Bishop short story "

The Mound The Mound is an artificial slope in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New and Old Towns. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into Nor Loch which was ...

", ghost-written by Lovecraft, Zamacona Y Nuñez is a Spanish conquistador who accompanied Coronado on an excursion into the

New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...

. After Coronado turned back in 1541, Zamacona continued into what is now Oklahoma searching for a lost city of gold. Instead, he discovers the underground realm of

K'n-yan ''The Mound'' is a horror/science fiction novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written by him as a ghostwriter from December 1929 to January 1930 after he was hired by Zealia Bishop to create a story about a Native American mound which i ...

., 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 * * * Robert M. Price (ed.), Bloomfield, NJ: Cryptic Publications. URL accessed on October 22, 2005. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cthulhu Mythos Biographies Lists of literary characters