This is the tale where we examine what a Medusa actually is, and what it does to its unsuspecting victims… I have had the misfortune of attracting Medusas – a type of Gorgons with a rather vicious disposition – from a very young age. I am pretty certain that one camouflaged as one of my parents and left me with life-long scars. Parental…
Category: Kraken mythology
The Dread Lord Cthulhu – Part 2: Family Tree
This is the tale of Dread Lord Cthulhu, Soul-Eater and Eldritch God, and his fucked-up family tree H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu’s personal deranged chronicler, made frequent references to the ‘Great Old Ones‘. He depicts them as a loose pantheon of ancient, powerful deities from space. They once ruled the Earth and have since fallen into a deathlike sleep. Until, of course, some deranged…
Kraken Mythology II – All hail the Vikings!
This is the tale of the Kraken and the Vikings We talked about Kraken mythology in the ancient times already [“Kraken Mythology I” blog]. We heard about Kraken myths and lore from the Babylonians and Sumerians, the Greeks and the Jews. And, of course, the rather silly and superstitious folks of the Middle Ages. But there are one people more…
I am Dread Lord Cthulhu – Part I: Lovecraft
This is the tale of Dread Lord Cthulhu, Soul-Eater and Eldritch God, and his favourite horror writer and unwitting chronicler The Dread Lord Chtulhu [(k)ʟ̝̊ʊlʔɬuː] – good luck pronouncing that right! – the word comes from the Greek chthonic, meaning subterranean) is thought to have been created by the deranged mind of Victorian horror writer and accidental cultist, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft suffered from…
Kraken Mythology I – the Ancient Ones
This is the tale of how Kraken mythology and human civilisation are inextricably intertwined – starting with the Ancient Ones… The Gods used the Kraken since time immemorial to both punish and reward humanity. It was – and is! – most likely the largest of all sea monsters. We can find some Kraken mythology in most civilisations throughout the ages.…