Nicholas Rossis introduced me to the Cthulhu with the pictures of his growing fetus’ picture introducing the ultrasound of his daughter’s arrival in the future. This is a great explanation of what a Cthulhu is, insofar as I know!!
Cthulhu is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos. He is described as an ancient entity of immense power that manipulates the minds of human beings from his sunken island of R’lyeh. He first appears in H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu”, but remains a recurring presence and force throughout the stories in the titular mythos.
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The most detailed descriptions of Cthulhu in “The Call of Cthulhu” are based on statues of the creature. One, constructed by an artist after a series of baleful dreams, is said to have
“ …Yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings.”
“ …[Another, recovered by police from a raid on a murderous cult,] represented a monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking…
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The Linden Chronicles 
I have a soft spot for some of the good old ones, but hadn’t come across this one. I’m going to check it out!
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Great!! 🙂
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Not someone to invite for Dinner and definitely not someone you hope the daughter is dating though in all probability it is !
Hugs
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hahahaha! Too funny David! I learned what a cthulhu was from Nicholas Rossi and thought this was a great explanation…but you are right…don’t invite it to dinner!!!! 🙂 Have a great day!
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HP Lovecraft’s stories are no less chilling for being written in the 20’s and 30’s. Modern horror has nothing on HP. Mega hugs!
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You are so right! And the pictures…scary indeed…reminds me of those guys on the Johnny Depp pirate movie…I forget which one…but Nicholas Rossis tells me that if it is science fiction…there have to be tentacles somewhere!! Big teddy bear hugs, Teagan!
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