Table of Contents
116 relations: Akashic records, Aleister Crowley, Alhazred (novel), Arabian Peninsula, Arabic, Arabic name, Arabs, Arkham, Arkham House, Astral projection, At the Mountains of Madness, August Derleth, Babylon, Beelzebub, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Blackletter, Book burning, Book censorship, Brian Lumley, British Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ceremonial magic, Chaosium, Clark Ashton Smith, Colin Wilson, Constantinople, Couplet, Cthulhu, Cthulhu Mythos, Cthulhu Mythos deities, Damascus, David Langford, De Vermis Mysteriis, Elizabethan era, EWTN, Fictional book, Fictional language, Germany, Gothic fiction, Greek language, Grimoire, H. P. Lovecraft, Harvard University, Hippocampus Press, History of the Necronomicon, Horror fiction, Ibn Khallikan, Italy, Jinn, John Dee, ... Expand index (66 more) »
- Demonological literature
- Fictional books within the Cthulhu Mythos
- Fictional elements introduced in 1922
Akashic records
In the religion of Theosophy and the spiritual movement called Anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms, not just human.
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Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley (born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, philosopher, political theorist, novelist, mountaineer, and painter.
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Alhazred (novel)
Alhazred is a 2006 Cthulhu Mythos novel by Canadian writer Donald Tyson.
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Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
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Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Arabic name
Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system.
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Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
Arkham
Arkham is a fictional city situated in Massachusetts, United States.
Arkham House
Arkham House was an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction.
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Astral projection
Astral projection (also known as astral travel, soul journey, soul wandering, spiritual journey, spiritual travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe an intentional out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of a subtle body, known as the astral body or body of light, through which consciousness can function separately from the physical body and travel throughout the astral plane.
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At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931.
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August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist.
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Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Beelzebub
Beelzebub or Baʿal Zebub (בַּעַל־זְבוּב Baʿal-zəḇūḇ), also spelled Beelzebul or Belzebuth, and occasionally known as the Lord of the Flies, is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
The ('National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand.
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Blackletter
Blackletter (sometimes black letter or black-letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule or Gothic type, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century.
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Book burning
Book burning is the deliberate destruction by fire of books or other written materials, usually carried out in a public context.
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Book censorship
Book censorship is the act of some authority taking measures to suppress ideas and information within a book.
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Brian Lumley
Brian Lumley (2 December 1937 – 2 January 2024) was an English author of horror fiction.
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British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Ceremonial magic
Ceremonial magic (also known as ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic.
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Chaosium
Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975.
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist.
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Colin Wilson
Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist.
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Constantinople
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.
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Couplet
In poetry, a couplet or distich is a pair of successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre.
Cthulhu
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft.
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of Anglo-American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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Cthulhu Mythos deities
American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) created a number of fictional deities throughout the course of his literary career.
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Damascus
Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
David Langford
David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field.
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De Vermis Mysteriis
De Vermis Mysteriis, or Mysteries of the Worm, is a fictional grimoire created by Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos. Necronomicon and De Vermis Mysteriis are fictional books within the Cthulhu Mythos.
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Elizabethan era
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
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EWTN
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic-themed programming.
Fictional book
A fictional book is a text created specifically for a work in an imaginary narrative that is referred to, depicted, or excerpted in a story, book, film, or other fictional work, and which exists only in one or more fictional works.
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Fictional language
Fictional languages are the subset of constructed languages (conlangs) that have been created as part of a fictional setting (e.g. for use in a book, movie, television show, or video game).
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Grimoire
A grimoire (also known as a "book of spells", "magic book", or a "spellbook") is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms, and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural entities such as angels, spirits, deities, and demons.
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Hippocampus Press
Hippocampus Press is an American publisher that specializes in "the works of H. P. Lovecraft and his literary circle".
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History of the Necronomicon
"History of the Necronomicon" is a short text written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1927, and published in 1938.
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Horror fiction
Horror is a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare.
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Ibn Khallikan
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān (أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيمبن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 22 September 1211 – 30 October 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a renowned Islamic historian who compiled the celebrated biographical encyclopedia of Muslim scholars and important men in Muslim history, Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch ('Wafayāt al-Aʿyān wa-Anbāʾ Abnāʾ az-Zamān').
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Jinn
Jinn (جِنّ), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs.
John Dee
John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist.
Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant (23 May 1924 – 15 January 2011) was an English ceremonial magician, novelist, and advocate of the Thelemic religion.
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L'Osservatore Romano
L'Osservatore Romano ('The Roman Observer') is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Catholic Church and the world.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Library catalog
A library catalog (or library catalogue in British English) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or group of libraries, such as a network of libraries at several locations.
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List of Cthulhu Mythos books
Many fictional works of arcane literature appear in H. P. Lovecraft's cycle of interconnected works often known as the Cthulhu Mythos. Necronomicon and List of Cthulhu Mythos books are fictional books within the Cthulhu Mythos.
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Llewellyn Worldwide
Llewellyn Worldwide (formerly Llewellyn Publications) is a New Age publisher based in Woodbury, Minnesota.
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Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country is a term coined for the New England setting used by H. P. Lovecraft in many of his weird fiction stories, which combines real and fictitious locations.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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Memphis, Egypt
Memphis (Manf,; Bohairic ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Μέμφις), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("North").
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Mesopotamian mythology
Mesopotamian mythology refers to the myths, religious texts, and other literature that comes from the region of ancient Mesopotamia which is a historical region of Western Asia, situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system that occupies the area of present-day Iraq.
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Michael I Cerularius
Michael I Cerularius or Keroularios (Μιχαὴλ Κηρουλάριος; 1000 – 21 January 1059 AD) was the patriarch of Constantinople from 1043 to 1059 AD.
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Myles Coverdale
Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles (1488 – 20 January 1569), was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553).
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.
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Necronomicon
The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of, is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. Necronomicon and Necronomicon are Demonological literature, fictional books within the Cthulhu Mythos and fictional elements introduced in 1922.
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Occult
The occult (from occultus) is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism.
Ole Worm
Ole Worm (13 May 1588 – 31 August 1654), who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician, natural historian and antiquary.
Pickman's Model
"Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales.
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Pope Gregory IX
Pope Gregory IX (Gregorius IX; born Ugolino di Conti; 1145 – 22 August 1241) was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241.
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Practical joke
A practical joke or prank is a trick played on people or people, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort.
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Provenance
Provenance is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object.
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Psalm 91
Psalm 91 is the 91st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." In Latin, it is known as 'Qui habitat".
Pseudohistory
Pseudohistory is a form of pseudoscholarship that attempts to distort or misrepresent the historical record, often by employing methods resembling those used in scholarly historical research.
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Qanoon-e-Islam
Qanoon-e-Islam: or, the Customs of the Moosulmans of India (later published as The Qānūn-i-Islām; the customs of the Musalmāns of India) is a book describing the culture and rituals of Indian Muslims in the nineteenth century.
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Randolph Carter
Randolph Carter is a recurring fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television.
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Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres.
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Robert M. Price
Robert McNair Price (born July 7, 1954) is an American New Testament scholar who argues in favor of the Christ myth theorythe claim that a historical Jesus did not exist.
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Robert W. Chambers
Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.
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Rub' al Khali
The Rub' al KhaliOther standardized transliterations include: /. The is the assimilated Arabic definite article,, which can also be transliterated as.
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S. T. Joshi
Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born June 22, 1958) is an American literary critic whose work has largely focused on weird and fantastic fiction, especially the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft and associated writers.
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.
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Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston.
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Samuel Henley
Samuel Henley D.D. (1740 – 1815) was an English clergyman, school teacher and college principal, antiquarian, and man of letters.
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Sanaa
Sanaa (صَنْعَاء,, Yemeni Arabic:; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 Ṣnʿw), also spelled Sana'a and Sana, is the capital and largest city of Yemen and the capital of the Sanaa Governorate.
Sauk City, Wisconsin
Sauk City is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, located along the Wisconsin River.
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Shub-Niggurath
Shub-Niggurath is a deity created by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Simon Necronomicon
The Simon Necronomicon is a grimoire allegedly written by "Simon" a.k.a. Peter Levenda.
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Singing sand
Singing sand, also called whistling sand, barking sand, booming sand or singing dune, is sand that produces sound.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
The Call of Cthulhu
"The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime.
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The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Dunwich Horror
"The Dunwich Horror" is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Festival (short story)
"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales.
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The Hound
"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales.
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The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895.
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The Nameless City
"The Nameless City" is a short horror story written by American writer H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine.
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The Statement of Randolph Carter
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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Typhonian Order
The Typhonian Order, previously known as Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis (T.O.T.O.), is a self-initiatory magical organization based in the United Kingdom that focuses on magical and Typhonian concepts.
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Unaussprechlichen Kulten
Unaussprechliche Kulte (also known as Nameless Cults or the Black Book) is a fictional book of arcane literature in the Cthulhu Mythos. Necronomicon and Unaussprechlichen Kulten are fictional books within the Cthulhu Mythos.
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University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Vathek
Vathek (alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek) is a Gothic novel written by William Beckford.
Vatican City
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (Stato della Città del Vaticano; Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign country, city-state, microstate, and enclave within Rome, Italy.
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Vatican Library
The Vatican Apostolic Library (Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library.
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Verisimilitude
In philosophy, verisimilitude (or truthlikeness) is the notion that some propositions are closer to being true than other propositions.
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Voynich manuscript
The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex, hand-written in an unknown script referred to as Voynichese.
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Widener Library
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, housing some 3.5million books in its "vast and cavernous" stacks, is the centerpiece of the Harvard College Libraries (the libraries of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences) and, more broadly, of the entire Harvard Library system.
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Willis Conover
Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years.
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Yale University Library
The Yale University Library is the library system of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Yemen
Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.
1921 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1921.
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1924 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1924.
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1925 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1925.
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1928 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1928.
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1929 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1929.
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1978 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1978.
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See also
Demonological literature
- A Guide to Grand-Jury Men
- Daemonologie
- De praestigiis daemonum
- Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
- Dictionnaire Infernal
- Goetia
- Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
- Necronomicon
- Newes from Scotland
- Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
- The Angel of Bethesda
- The Lesser Key of Solomon
- The Political History of the Devil
- Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c.
Fictional books within the Cthulhu Mythos
Fictional elements introduced in 1922
- Necronomicon
References
Also known as Abd Al-Azrad, Abd el Hazred, Abd-el-Hazred, Abdul Alhazred, Abdul Hazred, Al Azif, Al-Azif, Azif, Duriac, Kitab Al-Azif, Mad Abdul, Mad Arab, Necro-Nomicon, Necrochronicon, Necrocomicon, Necronomicon - Ye Testimony of Abl-Al Hazred, Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, Necronomicon ex Mortis, Necronomicon in popular culture, Necronomicron, Nomicon, That is not dead which can eternal lie, The Necronomicon, The Necronomicron.