Cthulhu

fictional cosmic entity
Person great_old_one Q12038
Cthulhu
H. P. Lovecraft · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Cthulhu

Summary

Cthulhu is a Great Old One[1]. He draws 2,548 Wikipedia views per month (great_old_one category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cthulhu's father was Nug[3].
  • A child of Cthulhu was Cthylla[4].
  • A child of Cthulhu was Ghatanothoa[5].
  • Cthulhu is the creator of H. P. Lovecraft[6].
  • Cthulhu's image is recorded as Cthulhu3.jpg[7].
  • Cthulhu is recorded as male[8].
  • Cthulhu's instance of is recorded as Great Old One[9].
  • Cthulhu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 280755291[10].
  • Cthulhu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 2058151112564937180002[11].
  • Cthulhu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 43148874709149622928[12].
  • Cthulhu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 103829945[13].
  • Cthulhu's GND ID is recorded as 140298754[14].
  • Cthulhu's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2017024148[15].
  • Cthulhu's IdRef ID is recorded as 160417724[16].
  • Cthulhu's Commons category is recorded as Cthulhu (entity)[17].
  • Cthulhu's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-JEP2022-visiteur24 (Madehub)-Cthulhu.wav[18].
  • Cthulhu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h605[19].
  • Cthulhu's worshipped by is recorded as First United Church of Cthulhu[20].
  • Cthulhu's from narrative universe is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos[21].
  • Cthulhu's present in work is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos[22].
  • Cthulhu's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cthulhu'}[23].
  • Cthulhu's NLP ID is recorded as a0000003694597[24].
  • Cthulhu's Quora topic ID is recorded as Cthulhu[25].
  • Cthulhu's subreddit is recorded as Cthulhu[26].
  • Cthulhu's first appearance is recorded as The Call of Cthulhu[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Cthulhu's father was Nug[3].

Works and Contributions

Cthulhu is the creator of H. P. Lovecraft[6]. Things named for him include Cthulhu Mythos[28], a fictional universe[29]; Belton Regio[30], a region[31]; Pimoa cthulhu[32], a taxon[33]; and he macrofasciculumque[34], a taxon[35].

Personal Life

Children include Cthylla[4], a Great Old One[36] and Ghatanothoa[5], a Great Old One[37].

Why It Matters

Cthulhu draws 2,548 Wikipedia views per month (great_old_one category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] He is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for him include Cthulhu Mythos[28], a fictional universe[29]; Belton Regio[30], a region[31]; Pimoa cthulhu[32], a taxon[33]; and he macrofasciculumque[34], a taxon[35].

FAQs

Who were Cthulhu's parents?

Cthulhu's father was Nug[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft IV. wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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