Is Cthulhu made up?

Cthulhu is the name of a fictional monster created by author H.P. Lovecraft
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. The creature is described as a combination of an octopus, a dragon, and a human being, and just looking upon it will drive the viewer insane.
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Is Cthulhu real or fake?

Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928.
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Did the Cthulhu ever exist?

Cthulhu, fictional entity created by fantasy-horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and introduced in his story “The Call of Cthulhu,” first published in the magazine Weird Tales in 1928.
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How was Cthulhu created?

The origins of Cthulhu are rooted firmly in the mind of H.P. Lovecraft and permeate his extensive body of work. Lovecraft had a disturbing dream in 1919 and wrote about it in two letters to his friend, Rheinhart Kleiner, in 1920.
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What is Cthulhu based off of?

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.
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Is Cthulhu a good guy?

He is the great-grandson of the greatest evil in all of the Universe, though he himself is not evil. Cthulhu transcends morality. He is instead the priest of the dormant Old Gods, who can only return upon the proper alignment of the stars.
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How is Cthulhu born?

Cthulhu was born on the planet Vhoorl, located in the 23rd nebula. He traveled to the star Zoth where he spawned his offspring. Along with his children and the Star Spawn of Cthulhu, Cthulhu travelled to Saturn and then to Earth. They landed on a continent in the Pacific Ocean and built the city R'lyeh.
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What does Cthulhu eat?

Like the Psilotoad, the Cthulhu can only eat Pet Food type 2, and can eat Human corpses.
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What is Cthulhu's real name?

So far, the full sentence, exact and correctly spelled, "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" has never been mentioned in Marvel Comics in its original spelling.
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Who gave birth to Cthulhu?

Idh-yaa, The Mighty Mother, is a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, who gave birth to the Star-Spawn of Cthulhu on a planet in the Xoth Star system, after mating with Cthulhu. She specifically produced the sons of Cthulhu: Ghatanothoa, Ythogtha, and Zoth-Ommog; and a daughter of Cthulhu: Cthylla.
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What does Cthulhu do to humans?

Cthulhu is one of the Great Old Ones, a group of powerful beings from another place that now inhabit Earth, waiting to rise up(when the stars are right) and destroy the human race so they can rule the planet. The Old Ones are neither good nor evil, meaning that they do not hate humans, they just do not care about them.
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What happens if Cthulhu wakes?

He has, like, a million HP and immunity to magic. This is what happens if you wake him up. Every sentient creature on the planet must save or go permanently insane as the Cthulhu's supersentience rips through their own, like a cruise ship powering through a narrow canal.
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What type of God is Cthulhu?

The outer god known as Cthulhu is one of the safest of the outer deities to work with (along with the goddess Shub-Niggurath). As stated in the introduction to the outer gods, they are not evil beings but are usually neutral in morality and typically do not care much for humans.
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Can you summon Cthulhu?

Cthulhu, from the game Terraria can be summoned with a Suspicious Looking Eye at midnight, which can be crafted at a Demon or Crimson Alter or found in chests.
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What race is Cthulhu?

Biology. Little is known about Cthulhu's origins, other than he's the offspring of a being called Nug and the grandchild of the Outer Gods Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath - both of which are grandchildren of the primordial Azathoth, who created the universe.
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Where is Cthulhu supposed to be?

According to H. P. Lovecraft's story "The Call of Cthulhu", Cthulhu rests in a tomb in the city of R'lyeh, which sank beneath the Pacific Ocean aeons ago. Cthulhu is dead but not truly dead, as he and his fellow inhabitants of R'lyeh sleep the aeons away. (Cthulhu is generally thought of as a "he" for some reason.)
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What does Cthulhu speak?

R'lyehian is a fictional language spoken by ancient cosmic dieties (the Great Old Ones, see F'igure 1) in Lovecraft's 1926 short story Call of Cthulhu [7] and in his later work.
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What ocean is Cthulhu in?

The location of R'lyeh given by Lovecraft was 47°9′S 126°43′W in the southern Pacific Ocean.
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What are the words to summon Cthulhu?

Then begin the meditation: gaze into the symbol and chant the mantra "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
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Who did Cthulhu mate with?

He mated with Idh-yaa on the planet Xoth. His offspring are Ghatanothoa, Ythogtha, Zoth-Ommog, and Cthylla.
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What color is Cthulhu's eye?

The Eye of Cthulhu's appearance is that of a giant eye with several veins that move when he flies. The Eye of Cthulhu's sclera is blue and his iris is greenish.
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Is Cthulhu immortal?

H.P. Lovecraft's most iconic monster, Cthulhu, is an immortal god-like being whose origin and powers are far beyond human understanding.
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Is Cthulhu awake?

Although Cthulhu did not awaken, he was able to make contact with the minds of particularly creative or insane people (rational, mundane minds seem to be insulated from Cthulhu's influence).
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Who worships Cthulhu?

The Cthulhu Cult, alternately referred to as the Cult of Cthulhu, are the mortal worshippers of the Great Old One Cthulhu.
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