What is Cthulhu's religion called?

The Cthulhu Cult, also known as the Cult of Cthulhu, is a loosely-organized cult that appears in the Cthulhu mythos, as created by Howard Philips Lovecraft
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What is the worship of Cthulhu?

In Lovecraft's fiction, the various cults worshipping Cthulhu usually consist of primitive, or secluded groups of people who either believe that Cthulhu will usher in an era of chaos and uninhibited violence or that he will wipe out all humanity but will thoughtfully kill off the cult quickly and relatively painlessly.
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What is Cthulhu's realm called?

R'lyeh is a fictional lost city that was first mentioned in the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in Weird Tales in February 1928. R'lyeh is a sunken city in the South Pacific and the prison of the entity called Cthulhu.
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What do Cthulhu Worshippers say?

His worshippers chant "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" ("In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.")
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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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Is Cthulhu a good God?

He is a Great Old One. 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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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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What does Cthulhu fear?

Cthulhu is the most famous of all of Lovecraft's creations, so much so that the entire mythos is named after him. H. P. Lovecraft based Cthulhu off of his fear of water.
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Do people still worship Cthulhu?

So it may seem strange to some when I tell you that there are real-life churches today in 2022 that actively worship this creature. These cults combined Lovecraft's original mythology with other beliefs, like Satanism. However, according to one church, not all cultists believe that Cthulhu is real.
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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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Is The Kraken Cthulhu's daughter?

Cthylla, also known as The Kraken or The Secret One, is an offspring of Cthulhu and Idh-yaa. She is the daughter of Cthulhu, and is critical to his plans, as should Cthulhu somehow die, Cthylla will give birth to him once again.
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How do you summon Cthulhu chant?

(In His House at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.) 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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Is Cthulhu a priest?

Cthulhu is characterized as the priest or leader of the Old Ones, a species that came to Earth from the stars before human life arose.
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What is Cthulhu Cultist?

Cultists of Cthulhu is a big-box, semicooperative, thematic game of mystery, investigation, teamwork, and betrayal. The board is modular, and assembled at the beginning of each game in a rapid-fire, real-time setup.
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What are the Cthulhu gods called?

Lovecraft named several of these deities, including Cthulhu, Ghatanothoa, and Yig. With a few exceptions, Cthulhu, Ghatanothoa, et al., this loose pantheon apparently exists outside of normal space-time.
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Do the deep ones worship Cthulhu?

The central beings worshipped by the Order were the Father Dagon and Mother Hydra, and, to a lesser extent, Cthulhu.
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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 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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Where does Cthulhu sleep?

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 stand for?

Cthulhu usually refers specifically to the god-like, soul-eating being in the Lovecraft canon, typically depicted with a mouth covered in tentacles (after an original sketch by H.P. Lovecraft). The term can also be used more loosely as a stand-in for any large malevolent entity, especially a terrifying, tentacled one.
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What language 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. Below is an example sentence in R'lyehian: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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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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What are followers of Cthulhu called?

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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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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