Cthulhu

• Ktulu
• Kutulu

Invented in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft for his short story The Call of Cthulhu. Possibly based on chthonic.

• Lovecraft used various approximations of what he imagined as a name not pronounceable by humans, none of which he described clearly. IPA^(key): /kəˈθuːluː/ is the most widely used spelling pronunciation. /kəˈtuːluː/ is also used.
• Rhymes: -uːlu, -uː

Cthulhu

1. 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.
   • 1926 — H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

     Then, bolder than the storied Cyclops, great Cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency.

• Cthulhuesque
• Cthulhian
• Cthulhic

• Lovecraftian