Azathoth

short story by H.P. Lovecraft
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Azathoth

Summary

Azathoth is a literary work[1]. Azathoth ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Azathoth authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].
  • Azathoth's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Azathoth's genre is horror literature[5].
  • Azathoth's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[6].
  • Azathoth's Commons category is recorded as Azathoth[7].
  • Azathoth's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Azathoth's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Azathoth was released on 1938[10].
  • Azathoth's has edition or translation is recorded as Azathoth[11].
  • Azathoth's has edition or translation is recorded as Q106400768[12].
  • Azathoth's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Azathoth'}[13].
  • Azathoth's different from is recorded as Azathoth[14].
  • Azathoth's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When age fell upon the world, and wonder went out of the minds of men; when grey cities reared to smoky skies tall towers grim and ugly, in whose shadow none might dream of the sun or of spring’s flowering meads; when learning stripped earth of her mantle of beauty, and poets sang no more save of twisted phantoms seen with bleared and inward-looking eyes; when these things had come to pass, and childish hopes had gone away forever, there was a man who travelled out of life on a quest into the spaces whither the world’s dreams had fled.'}[15].
  • Azathoth's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'And in the course of many cycles they tenderly left him sleeping on a green sunrise shore; a green shore fragrant with lotus-blossoms and starred by red camalotes.'}[16].
  • Azathoth's form of creative work is recorded as short story[17].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6c0915aa-ef8e-40a5-b74d-9f2b995bb53c[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Azathoth authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].

Publication

Azathoth was published on 1938[10]. Azathoth's language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Azathoth's genre is horror literature[5]. Azathoth's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[6].

Subject and Themes

Azathoth's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[6].

Why It Matters

Azathoth ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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