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Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror

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H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.

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And this is why I fear Cthulhu [Discussion] (startrek.website)
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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, Lovecraft just went with OG Abrhamic stuff.

When they talk about angels in the Bible, they weren't talking about beautiful elves from Lotr with wings.

They were something that interacting with would break your mind. Because the people claiming to see them had broken minds already, that's why they were "seeing" them in the first place.

Which makes sense because what started the Abrhamic religions was a schizophrenic hearing voices to murder his family to appease the voice(s) in their head.

It's been whitewashed over the centuries, but that's all it is. The followers of a schizophrenic carrying on his delusions that began with murdering his brother. And they're still being told if they ever experience those symptoms, they should fucking listen instead of getting mental health treatment.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 28 points 1 year ago

Also see the Oracle (s) of Pythia/Delphi.

Go into cave

Breathe fumes

Hallucinate

Tell local King he'll be victorious in upcoming battle

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And ergotism. Don't forget ergotism.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it happened some before, but the earliest known case was like, a thousand years or so after.

The danger of the Abrahamic religions is people who did experience hallucinations from things like ergot poisoning saw the similarities to the schizophrenic hallucinations their religions are based on.

So instead of their first thought being "clearly I'm seeing/hearing things that aren't there like a dream" it was "God has chosen me and is commanding me to do ____".

Like, under no circumstances is a higher power providing instructions, guidance, advice, anything.

And it's incredibly dangerous when people believe it's possible. Because if they experience hallucinations for any reason, there's a chance they treat it like a command.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

It’s always ergotism.

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~The~~ Then the ant realizes these humming monoliths are used to play hentai games and be a sex pest on insta, and then the ant goes even more mad trying to learn what loss is.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nice post, it remembers me a quote from the cosmic horror movie Black Mountain Side (2014)

"Deer God: When an animal looks up at the night sky, what does it see? Thousands and thousands of tiny points. Then a man looks up at the same points and sees millions of stars; galaxies, within which are billions of planets. Do you want to know what I see? Were you there when I created the stars?"

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worth the watch? I see it doesn’t have great reviews but that’s not uncommon with Cosmic Horror since it tends not to have much in the way of resolution or typical story beats

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Don't expect any big monster scene. It's more like a paranormal thriller, but the atmosphere is something else. Especially the sounds effects, they get under your skin.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That makes sense though. The horror of cosmic horror is often too nebulous for many audiences and reviewers. I get why that’s not to everyone’s taste, but that’s also just a staple of the genre

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Still i love the movie. Worth watching πŸ‘

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Big monster scenes ruin cosmic horror most times. So this is good.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, and they made it for around $30,000? Think I need to check it out.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But I'm still going to vote for him. Why settle for a lesser evil?

[–] nature_man@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I had a quarter for each time someone has explained eldritch/other-worldly concepts to me via an analogy using ants I'd have a dollar, which isn't a lot but it's strange that it's happened 4 times

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basically Flat Lands

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Singular, one word, but a good observation.

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like mushrooms.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Any psychedelic, really. I've had these kind of revelations on 25i, for example, which is one of the more visual, less enlightening psychs. It's literally like what people who have never touched the stuff think LSD is like, but I still had thoughts like this on the stuff.

[–] dotslashme 8 points 1 year ago

Some call it madness, others call it a life of purpose.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

G'Kar approves

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thankfully for that ant, ants are stupid.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

They did this rather well in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. That uncle Whatshisface did a good job portraying eldritch madness.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Madness?!

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This is SPARTA!

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

THIS IS MADNESS!