Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

**Lallans** · 26th January 11, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Bugbear

I'm sorry I can't look at the children's drawings of the elder gods, that sounds interesting.

I don't mean this to be a cliche, CDNSushi, but do you ever see the bonsai over there in Japan?

Don't be bugged, Bear: the whole Cluthu and Elder Gods thing was entirely made up in the mid-20th century, by the American writer H P Lovecraft in order to sell short stories to pulp horror magazines. Plus of course for the sake of art. Cluthu is no more real than Mickey Mouse, except of course in the hearts of children....

Well I started out serious but lost it at the end there.

**Burly Brute** · 26th January 11, 02:32 PM

Just to clarify, the reason I was asking for a more laymen answer to the whole thing is that I wasn't sure if this was accepted by all as complete fiction, or if it was similiar to scientology which has been taken from Hubbard and now has a standing, I suppose, among religions.

**Andy Proffitt** · 26th January 11, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by Burly Brute

Just to clarify, the reason I was asking for a more laymen answer to the whole thing is that I wasn't sure if this was accepted by all as complete fiction, or if it was similiar to scientology which has been taken from Hubbard and now has a standing, I suppose, among religions.

No. Fiction and roleplay. Of course, you never can tell with people. There may be cults out there that do worship Cthulhu and..shh..hastur(he who shall not be named), as even the most pedestrian fictional mythology can attract converts, be it Cthulhu or the Force.

**xman** · 26th January 11, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by Burly Brute

Just to clarify, the reason I was asking for a more laymen answer to the whole thing is that I wasn't sure if this was accepted by all as complete fiction, or if it was similiar to scientology which has been taken from Hubbard and now has a standing, I suppose, among religions.

My apologies then. As mentioned it is complete fiction. The Cthulhu 'mythos' has, however gained something of a "cult" following (get it? cult? I slay me) among gamers, comic book, science fiction and fantasy readers otherwise known as nrdz.

**Monkey@Arms** · 26th January 11, 04:21 PM

**Drac** · 26th January 11, 04:51 PM

Here is the ultimate expression of evil -

Cthulhu rides to reek havoc upon his dragon steed while the other half of evil, Barny matches next to him -

Jim