Exploring the Cthulhu Mythos: Mythos Locations
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- I wouldn't mind living on Yuggoth. No sunburns, and you can just take a vacation every year when the eldritch horror pops out.
P.S. Some writers believe that the palace in The King in Yellow is actually located in Yhtill, a city nearby Carcosa, but I decided not to mention it.
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After all these years, I finally know why the Batman series had Arkham Asylum. Another subtle nod to the Master of Madness.
@Akujin 2 bots that you see often, that website has an area before you sign up where you can message other users, 9/10s of them are bots, but every so often you find some rando who’s talking about the video they came from lol
You read your fiction in the wrong order. Black stars in the yellow skies. Black Ocean over strange moons rise.
Just don't mention the word "sushi" in Innsmouth or Kingsport.
John Ivan Oplimo why?
@CANIBLANKYOUINTHEBLANK 1234 careful they might do something else than killing you.
Ohhh i got time for sushis
fish eat other fish
Yeah that might be considered racist
When you barley notice the yellow sign out of the corner of your eye cuz you looked away and wonder "... Am I fucked?"
Have you seen the yellow sign?
Wich yellow sign?
Vincent The yellow sign
Ah yes, now i saw it 6:29
I saw the Yellow Sign when I pissed in the snow :)
HAVE YOU SEEN THE YELLOW SIGN
Miskatonic University: Take our law majors, you'll live longer.
Nathaniel Peaslee was teaching economics and that didn't save him
Miskatonic: If our professors aren’t out discovering some ancient horror, they’re doing it wrong!
yeah he ended up having an encounter with the mi go and it ended badly.
West, Herbert West.
0:32 - Lovecraft says specifically that Miskatonic University and the town of Arkham are both located in Essex County, Massachusetts (which is a real county). The "Miskatonic River", had it existed, would have been a small tributary of the Essex River as well.
Yes, I flinched at MEESkatonic County. I never read about a county by that name before, nor did I ever read that the FBI attacked Innsmouth!
@@jamiebraswell5520 The FBI attacking Innsmouth did happen in mythos, that one is not a mistake.
Miskatonic County is a thing though in Lovecraft Mythos. It's just another term for Lovecraft Country. There is no real real county or country called either of those. They are collective names for the fictional versions of the parts of New England where the stories take place.
@@OphiuchusAD - Since I have no desire to re-read my entire collection, I'll take your word for it. But I'm sure that in at least one story, he places Miskatonic in Essex.
The King in Yellow is a collection of stories by Robert W. Chambers and contains The Yellow Sign. He also mentions Carcosa and the Lake of Hali. Ambrose Bierce wrote a story called An Inhabitant of Carcossa. Both writings predate Lovecraft's references.
Is that why he flashed the kings symbol
I still take offense at Lovecraft's description of Vermont. Seriously: we're not all monsters, nor are we possessed by alien intelligences. Well, not ALL of us...
Timothy Page Or, in other words, not ENOUGH of you are, get on that.
Timothy Page lol
But how many of you are in jars?
Bedroom Aesthetic the best part, far as I'm concerned
Timothy Page As a Vermonter same. Lol
Thank you, I'm really looking forward to this, the Cthulhu Mythos is how I found the channel and I really love the exploring series keep up the great work.
Check out hppodcraft.com for podcasts where these guys go through the stories and describe them.
Same
Carcosa, yellow king, deer antler crowns, works of art that draw you in... man I need to go watch True Detective Se 1 for the 20th time.
Lovecraft is a genius of creativity.
Yay, Pathfinder's illustration of a Leng Spider! I love that Leng features so prominently in Pathfinder!
Huh... being pulled through paintings, a King in Yellow... I just realized King Jeremiah from Dark Souls and the way he appears in the Painted World of Ariamis might be a little nod to this. Cool :D
Brilliant! Really well done, you even got the spiders right and the “Yellow Sign” gave me a start. Regarding your comment about living on Yuggoth and taking a vacation every year when the eldritch horror pops out…just realize a year there won’t be 365.25~ days…
I can not tell you how much I enjoy these videos
Carcosa... the mystery DLC in Borderlands 2 / Pre Sequel has been found in the Steam files a while ago. It is named Carcosa. Interessting
Considering Bloodborne was so heavily inspired by Lovecraft that it essentially was Lovecraft: The Game, I'd be more surprised if BB2 didn't take it's design from good, old H.P.
Please do more of these, absolutely adore them
This was a pleasant surprise! I thought you had stopped making Cthulhu Mythos videos. Hopefully you'll make more in the near future.
Thank you so much for revisiting the series.
Yea!!!!!!!!! Finally Cthulhu Mythos, I'm so happy mangg
basically sarnath was punished for destroying ib
Yay !
it´s great to see you revisiting Cthulhu mythos :D
Seems fitting Bill would be interested in Lovecraft. I bet he and Big C are poker buddies.
One of my favorite series on TH-cam, keep it up bro
Great channel and lots of good videos here, I wish he could do another great old one round up again.
6:29 Oh gee, thanks for that.
Beautiful selection of pictures. Great stuff!
You forgot Irem
Great vid....and love the subliminal Yellow Sign
When you dream you are actually in the dream world as living entities we have more power there unlike the native spirits in the realm. I can’t believe I was locked away and I couldn’t have fun in the dream world for like 10 or 12 years. I can dream now but it’s not often and most times it’s just a glimpse into the future, I am happy to say I live a long and happy life, although things are tough now they only get better down the road. I’m getting stuff done in my life right now and I just feel so positive and awesome. Hopefully my dreams are truth because it gets better for all of us from what I saw.
great job with all these videos can't wait to see more.
You sir got me deep into the works of lovecraft with these video's. Great video keep up the good work.
Glad to see another video in this series. I have really enjoyed them all, including your Q&A.
If you ever want to play the RPG online there are a couple great communities on Facebook. The Call of Cthulhu Role-Playing Game and Players group is great for discussion, and the Tabletop RPG One Shot Group is the best place for organising and finding online games.
I love your Lovecraft videos, they are amazing
Love your channel! Keep up the good work! And keep the Cthulhu Mythos videos coming :)
Im from Kadath and i love your content.
“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
Grehn Nice job on the spelling!
😊👍
Great to see you post another video on the Cthulhu mythos
This is your best video about the Lovecraft mythos. 👍
Thank You so much for those lectures. It's much appreciated .Best Regards from Ireland.
Of several locations missed out (Kadath, Lomar, the Vale of Pnath, etc etc etc) there's one which is too important to the mythos to be omitted: Irem, the City of Pillars. It's mentioned in several of HPL's core stories, and lurks at the root of his much-used Arabian imagery.
Lovecraft name-dropped it, so there isn't much to talk about.
And besides, t's not like he created it it himself.
It's real. At least was real at one point in time supposedly.
Eram of the Pillars (literally: إرم ذات العماد) was mentioned by name in the Quran at least once. While its location isn't specifically pinpointed, it's generally accepted it existed somewhere in postdiluvian Arabia and was built by a tribe of people of very large frames (hence the pillars, alluding to intricate, tall structures to match their physical might) named The People of Aad.
They were pagans and heretics, however. Much like how many similar stories end, they didn't heed the warning of the prophet sent to them and so God wiped them off the face of the earth.
I wonder if whoever's reading this comment already knew this.
It's funny that if you and I were alive, say, in the 1980s, not only would we have never had this exchange, but also I (a North African) wouldn't have ever heard of Lovecraft or you (presumably an average westerner) wouldn't have realised that Eram isn't a purely Lovecraftian creation.
Yet here I am in [current year] typing a reply to a now-five-year-old comment on a video that doesn't attract many new or returning viewers on the long-term.
'Throwing a bottled message is a sea of bottles' is a great analogy to how I feel.
@@whynot7564 Yes. Much of Lovecraft's inspiration came from Arabian mythology/history. It's said that HPL had a substantial collection of obscure Arabic literature.
@@Wrathnar_the_Unreasonable I wouldn't doubt it.
I suspected as much when I read Under The Sphinx where he expresses his disappointment in Port Said's architecture leaving a European impression, and mentions the names of actual streets in Cairo many of which are to this day known tourist attractions.
I also assumed that his grasp on Arabic grammar was poor considering the failed attempt of 'Umr At-tawil'
@@whynot7564 I'd suspect that his reinterpretation of Arabic phrases is deliberate - he's using it as source material, rather than simply copying it. For example, the name Nyarlathotep could be based on the Ancient Egyptian phrase 'Nuy har lut hotep' ('there is no peace of mind in the Hall of Judgement'). Many writers take inspiration from actual mythology (eg: Tolkien's use of Nordic mythology), but reinterpret it for their own purposes, putting their own spin on it.
@@Wrathnar_the_Unreasonable
No, it's not a reinterpretation. It's literal, but wrong.
See, Umr At-tawil literally translates to 'Age of the Tall/Long'
What he meant was 'Tawil Al-Umr' which translates to 'He who is long-lived'. He switched it around.
It's okay, though. It was a century ago. He did well with the resources he had at the time. Better than the verbal abortions of contemporary entertainment. The Assassin's Creed comes to mind.
Awesome video, as allways. My favorite places definitely are Carcosa and Sarnath.
Thanks for this, bro. Really helps visualising these horribly beautiful stories.
God I love Lovecraft. good to be back
Your channel is fantastic, and i must say then your personal thoughts about the mythos are very interesting, and make me see for example Bloodborne from a different point of view as well then other games, film or other like chorno trigger with Lavos, or the Megaren series..thanks a lot and happy new year!! Sorry for the faults, a french fan
You should do an exploring series on the Conan universe.
Somnus Yes! Robert E Howard was a close friend of Lovecraft and was even one of the earliest members of the Lovecraft Circle.
That's just the Lovecraft universe but in a different time period. :P
Mythos Yuggoth reminds me of Heinlein's Pluto in Have Spacesuit--Will Travel, including the eldritch aliens using it as a home base for the invasion of Earth. Of course that story's universe was much more cheerful than Lovecraft's
I love your entire series. As of this watching, I've seen all your videos and 1/3rd of your Q&A video, which I intend to watch all of. the whole series is great, thank you.
Your recording area is also great. I love the wood paneling and gaming books. My condolences on sunburns. I'm fair skinned myself, and they stink.
Dude I Like Your Cthulhu Mythos Videos Man 😁😆😄😏😎🙃
Best lore I've seen on TH-cam
Tcho-Tchos don't worship Chaugnar Faugn, they worship Zhar & Lloigor. Its the Miri Nigri who serve Chaugnar. According the various people Tcho-Tchos dwell on the plateau of Sung and the Miri Nigri on the plateau of Tsang both of which border Leng, though I believe many place Tcho-Tchos in Leng too. Where does Alhazred say Leng is a place where different realities converge? I agree with the statement but I'm curious about the source.
Great series.
Insmouth = fishing hamlet from bloodborne
nice work man
So, I know you already covered video games. I was curious how you felt about creatures like 'Yogg-Saron' from World of Warcraft, as him and the other Old Gods in World of Warcraft seem heavily based on Lovecraft.
man minin mysterious materials then dropping the culture album, migos got it good
love this stuff.
Arkham? So does that mean The Joker is a Lovecraftian horror?
... Actually, that makes waaaaay more sense than it should.
Joker is one of Nyarlathotep's mask...
Your channel is GREAT! Have you thought about maybe doing a series on the Game of Thrones books are maybe Dune
great vid
Please more :D
I love blood borne because it takes from the mythos of Cthulhu so very wicked
A famous student of Miskatonic medical is Herbert West...
Good thing I discovered this video. Now I can write the Lovecraftian story I'm currently working on.
yes more lovecraft!
I thought it was "miss-ka-ton-ik", not "mees-ka-ton-ik"?
i can't help but read this in Jar-Jar Binks' voice
@@thecheesemouse now its in my head you fecker. If I read any names with Binks accent I will blame it on you! Lol!
You are correct. There is no reason for the narrator to keep mispronouncing the name like that.
@@jamiebraswell5520 narrator hates us
@@thecheesemouse Meesa Jar Jar Binks, Meeskatonik servant!
in rlyeh the dreamer lies dreaming
But the question is can you find the Dreamer In the Dreamlands?
In the Dreamlands, dreams dream you up.
In Black Carcosa, the Great King sits waiting.
The Great Dreamer will awaken.
Awesome!
And that's how we do it in Kingsport!! Diablo III
that yellow sign gave me a huge jump-scare
a new one! yay!
I love your videos. I found your channel because of the elder scrolls
AHHH! KING IN YELLOW!
Interesting stuff
Wow, had no idea how much of the far east of the World of Ice And Fire was inspired by Lovecraft
4:40 That spider has seven legs.
Because the spider belongs to cthulhu mythos
07:18 There is a present day "ibb" but its not in saudi arabia, its next door in Yemen. Only one as far Ive seen or known.
Very clever sir, yellow sign and all.
Innsmouth is nice. Come visit!
woooo more cthulu universe!!
Omg I'm playing the table top rpg call of cthulhu and my character was a medical student in miscatonic university
Nice Video
you should do story readings!
they NAILED innsmoth in the old dark corners of the earth PC game. The quote at the end of this video is why I love...l.lovecraft.
kudos, and encore plz :-)
Good one 🖖👽👍
dang, this a good channel, you ever thought about doing dungeons and dragons lore?
Finally!
great!
now i see some links btwn True Detective and a few books ive read
Dit anyone see that yellow sign ? No ? just me ? strange.......
o for the love of god we have been over this... if its yellow, let it mellow. If its brown flush it down.
me too brother
do you worshıp the dreamer
frederik kaare-andersen I saw it to
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Question: can kingport also be called daleport or is this just what the author of the scp called daleport named the city just to kinda distance it.
Well bloodbourne based a lot off the mythos even the locations are similar
Can you make a list of this places please.
Just saying, I think nyarlathotep would love to be headmaster or dean of miskatonic
Lost SAN from hearing "MEES-katonic" repeated over and over
I think you're using images of Innsmouth when you're presenting Arkham
someone have full list of Cthulhu Mythos books/stories etc ?
can u plz do more of the cthulhu mythos.
A Sarnath not to be confused with the real life one in India, which to my knowledge has never been inhabited by weird fish people
pls do more
Which is the more mysterious university Miskatonic or Evergreen.
Wasn't Sarnath mentioned in the quest of Iranor? Doesn't that make it clear that it was in the dreamlands?