Cthulhu
A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an…A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.
» In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
In seinem Haus in R’lyeh wartet träumend der tote Cthulhu.
Meaning
1 sensesA gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.
Cthulhu
Кту́лхуKtúlxu
Examples
2 sentencesIn his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
deIn seinem Haus in R’lyeh wartet träumend der tote Cthulhu.
Vote for Cthulhu.
ruГолосуйте за Ктулху.
deWählt Cthulhu!
Translations
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Origin
Invented in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story The Call of Cthulhu. Possibly basedInvented in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story The Call of Cthulhu. Possibly based on chthonic (“dwelling under the earth”).
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