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I’m glad to see Hyperborea mentioned. One of my favorite Lovecraftian settings. One interesting detail not mentioned is the location’s connection to Lovecraft’s contemporary, Robert E. Howard who’s character Conan (the barbarian) often adventured in Hyperborea. For anyone interested, a third of Brian Lumley’s Titus Crow trilogy takes place in Hyperborea and heavily features Ithaqua. Moves away from the horror and approaches it with a protag that is more akin to Dr. Who, dealing with the mythos creatures armed with knowledge/witts.

Please do more Cthulhu mythos, it's an underrated subject that has so much potential

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Mythology & Fiction Explained Make a fast video about Journey to the West

I think it is. To me the Lovecraftverse was the grandaddy of internet fanfic communities.

I'm no expert, but he published most of his works in sci-fi magazines back in the 30s, before comic books really took off, so in a way they were kind of a precursor to horror comics that became popular in the late 40s. The comic book industry has always relied heavily on creating a story within a mythos created by somebody else, so it wouldn't surprise me if it worked in a similar way for sci-fi stories in the 30's.

But seemingly they're similar in form only

Pfff... like the nameless horror woulda let you...

Give my regards to Yoggie for me, eh?

Welcome. Stay away from Shug.

just make sure you choose the right tunnels take a wrong turn and you'll end up in a pitch black room filled with people chanting "lovecraft was racist and therefore no one can enjoy his work. time and history are not relevant. ruin all that is good with all that is mediocre."

Have any wild dreams yet!!

Like Willy Wonka's factory or a giant Gingerbread house. They look good, but once inside, you'll be cooked, then killed, then eaten alive by creepy monsters.

I'm a Kingsport fan myself... Love the dreamy atmosphere!

Very true considering Bierce died before Lovecraft even had a story published.

More on bierse would rock

The King in Yellow is also likely the inspiration for the Necronomicon--a book that seemingly brings ruin to whomever reads its pages.

@@MythologyFictionExplained Just discovered your channel. Watched 1st your video mentioning Heltra and that mentioned "The Yellow emperor" . Not much of a reader, So I've never heard before anything about "Lovecraft" or any other authors you mentioned. The seamless transition of some of the visuals in this video were spooky. I've for a while been wanting to start writing a novel to get published, but been having doubts about IF i have the talent to *EVEN BEGIN* getting started writing a novel. *PLEASE* {if it were to okay with you} when you return to make more videos, you film an interview with an author {of popular fiction} to talk about how to get started writing a novel {including how to know how to start your story from a blank page & how to get inspiration to expand on your ideas}. A live recorded interview with the person sitting in an armchair facing the camera is what I was thinking without your face being shown & just only your voice being heard. *IF* you accept my request do the video however you see fit. 👏📚▶️🎭

@@Friendship1nmillion If you'd like to become a writer and get published, you should probably consider becoming an avid reader

Fear the old blood... FEAR IT LAWRENCE!

or Derry

Thats fucked...I seen something like that before in the clouds...Wtf

Whaaaaaat.....

Also, Koh the Face Stealer from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

I wouldn't be surprised.

"Just don`t forget, if it ever goes too tough...there is always a place for you here." - Joker to Batman in "Arkham Asylum. A Serious House On Serious Earth" by Grant Morrison.

I was thinking the same. How to insult lovecraft, but still laughing. Serious question though, is this where they got the name for the prison?

@@MartinsGarage97 Yes, actually.

@@MartinsGarage97 Yes, and it's not a prison, but an insane asylum.

In Silver Age DC the Necronomicon also shows up

theres also a theory wich said that the daughters of cthulhu made hin strong

Because Lovecraft’s works are written with an older style of prose than modern writings it can sometimes create a ‘barrier to entry’ for new readers. Kind of like reading Shakespear for the first time. You can read the words but you don’t quite grasp what’s being said. Just go into it knowing that some of it will go over your head. Just enjoy the atmosphere and follow up any story you read by watching YT vids to pick up stray details and it should be a good time.

His prose is beautiful, it's part of what makes Lovecraft a joy to read

Sounds nicer than "rabidly xenophobic against practically everything and everyone else" I guess :D The guy had issues.

@@mackereltabbie it seems that Lovecrafts racism mellowed in his later years as his world view and knowledge expanded. In letters he writes about how his beliefs stemmed from ignorance and that he recanted a lot of his harsher beliefs from his younger days. By the time of his death, I think Anglophile might be an appropriate description as he still held many of the beliefs about English superiority and whatnot, but was far less egregious otherwise.

Anglophile just means possessing a love of Brittish and related cultures. Nothing to do with race.

@@lilacpen8678 while that is true the two are not mutually exclusive-Lovecraft was both.

There are innumerable openly Anglophobic people in society now, and their phobias are publicly celebrated and encouraged. Let's not be hypocrites.

You are forgiven :)

nah, you're right. Howard and Lovecraft were penpals and contributed to each others works.

I believe that there's enough overlap in the two author's works that it could be argued that they were writing in a shared universe, just at different points in time.

He did mention that the Greeks came up with Hyperborea, and many authors at the time were classically trained, so they were all aware of Hyperborea. Clark Ashton Smith's version of Hyperborea is actually pre-frozen Greenland.

@@Dubrichius it doesn't have to be argued. It's proven. Howard used mythos gods in his work and they were penpals. Or real pals? Something like that.

@@rikusschulze6249 Pen pals. They never met in person, but they admired and respected each other's work. Lovecraft wrote a glowing obituary for Howard after the latter's suicide.

It's a topic that I'm sure I'll cover soon.

Yeah then the hyperborean age and Conan the Barbarian universe

@@jackiesantos2121 Hyborian Age; Hyperborea was a country in the northern part of the continent, east of Asgard and north of Brythunia.

The hyperborean age In the same universe den the great old ones are

May I recommend you the animated movie called "Fire and Ice" Ralph Bakshi as to me it fit perfectly with Hyperborean myths and the ruins in it reminds me of Commoriom and the "subhumans" reminds me of the voomies.

IMHO it sucks. Less about Lovecraftian horror conspiracies and more about gross-out effects, characters and situations that have little or nothing to do with Lovecraft's stories, and a bit too woke for my tastes (perhaps in a backlash to lovecraft's quite awful and inexcusable racism). Not against the characters and racial situations per se, but it comes across as a bit on the nose and takes the focus off of the weird/cosmic horror of lovecraft's universe and places it on modern racial conflict. YMMV.

Are you challenging me?!??!