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The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent and protégé of Lovecraft, to describe the settings, tropes, and lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors. The name “Cthulhu” derives from the central creature in Lovecraft’s seminal short story “The Call of Cthulhu”, first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. Richard L. Tierney, a writer who also wrote Mythos tales, later applied the term “Derleth Mythos” to distinguish Lovecraft’s works from Derleth’s later stories, which modify key tenets of the Mythos. Authors of Lovecraftian horror in particular frequently use elements of the Cthulhu Mythos. In his essay “H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos”, Robert M. Price described two stages in the development of the Cthulhu Mythos. Price called the first stage the “Cthulhu Mythos proper”. This stage was formulated during Lovecraft’s lifetime and was subject to his guidance. The second stage was guided by August Derleth who, in addition to publishing Lovecraft’s stories after his death, attempted to categorize and expand the Mythos. ~ Cthulhu Mythos – Wikipedia
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