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Cthulhu Mythos deities. 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. Humans can barely begin to comprehend them; however, some entities are worshipped by humans.
A Hound of Tindalos is a fictional creature created by Frank Belknap Long and later incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos when it was codified by August Derleth. [14] They first appeared in Long's short story "The Hounds of Tindalos", first published in the March 1929 issue of Weird Tales. [15] Lovecraft mentions the creatures in his short story ...
Definition. Main article: Darknet. The dark web has often been confused with the deep web, the parts of the web not indexed (searchable) by search engines. The term dark web first emerged in 2009; however, it is unknown when the actual dark web first emerged. [ 11 ] Many internet users only use the surface web, data that can be accessed by a ...
Caladrius (Roman) – white bird with healing powers. Chalkydri (Jewish) – heavenly creatures of the Sun. Chamrosh (Persian mythology) – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird. Cinnamon bird (Greek) – greek myth of an arabian bird that builds nests out of cinnamon. Devil Bird (Sri Lankan) – shrieks predicting death.
H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature Attack the story like a radiant suicide, utter the great NO to life without weakness; then you will see a magnificent cathedral, and your senses, vectors of unutterable derangement, will map out an integral delirium that will be lost in the unnameable architecture of time. Michel Houellebecq, H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life The ...
Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mokele-mbembe. Scholars have noted that the cryptozoology subculture rejected mainstream approaches from an early date, and that adherents often express hostility to mainstream science.
The Tor Browser[129]is a web browsercapable of accessing the Tor network. It was created as the Tor Browser Bundle by Steven J. Murdoch[130]and announced in January 2008.[131] The Tor Browser consists of a modified Mozilla FirefoxESR web browser, the TorButton, TorLauncher, NoScriptand the Tor proxy.
Tolkien's monsters are the evil beings, such as Orcs, Trolls, and giant spiders, who oppose and sometimes fight the protagonists in J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Tolkien was an expert on Old English, especially Beowulf, and several of his monsters share aspects of the Beowulf monsters; his Trolls have been likened to ...