What the heck is Cthulhu?

Cthulhu is a cosmic extraterrestrial entity that carries great immense god-like power in its existence. While not playing a large role in the story itself, the creature serves as an immense weight to the happenings that may occur later on as things progress. Cthulhu is an elder god entity that holds unspeakable power.
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What is Cthulhu supposed to be?

Cthulhu is the name of a fictional monster created by author H.P. Lovecraft. 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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What is the story behind Cthulhu?

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. The Old Ones went dormant, and their city slipped under Earth's crust beneath the Pacific Ocean.
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Is Cthulhu good or evil?

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 does Cthulhu do to humans?

Cthulhu is infamously known for his grotesque appearance and gigantic size, as well as his ability to drive any human that gazes upon his form to insanity.
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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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What is the goal of Cthulhu?

The Cthulhu Cult was founded around the same time as mankind first appeared on Earth by the Great Old Ones. Its purpose was to serve the Old Ones on Earth until such a time as they could be freed, and then to free the Old One Cthulhu and bring about the end of the world.
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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 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 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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Who gave birth to Cthulhu?

According to correspondence between Lovecraft and fellow author James F. Morton, Cthulhu's parent is the deity Nug, itself the offspring of Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath.
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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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Why is Cthulhu trapped?

Once the palace of mighty Cthulhu in times beyond memory, R'lyeh became the creature's prison after the war against the Elder Gods resulted in defeat for the Great Old Ones. Since that time, he has remained imprisoned there, sleeping the sleep of the dead until one day his followers might free him from his captivity.
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Who is Cthulhu enemy?

At least one of the other Great Old Ones acts as a rival to his power and a personal enemy to Cthulhu. This is Hastur, "Lord of the Interstellar Spaces", currently residing in the Hyades. Derleth did not create Hastur, but he was responsible for his introduction to the Mythos as Cthulhu's worst enemy and half-brother.
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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 guardian?

Cthulhu has always had a demanding presence, and anyone familiar with Lovecraftian lore understands how powerful the giant Old One truly is. He's currently considered the best Guardian in Smite, simply because of his overall versatility.
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How do 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 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 Cthulhu monsters called?

H.P. Lovecraft created a universe with his writings (Cthulhu Mythos Cosmic Horror) filled with a detailed collection of cosmically weird, terrifying and horrific monsters (Shoggoths, Shub-Niggurath, Azathoth, and Yog-Sothoth to name only a few).
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How big is Cthulhu?

Cthulhu's height reaches hundreds of metres tall, but it is capable of altering its size and shape at will, being anywhere between the size of a man to the size of a continent and capable of spawning any number of limbs as it chooses.
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Is Cthulhu a God or not?

In “The Call of Cthulhu”, Lovecraft calls Cthulhu a “priest”. While the precise definition of priest differs between various religions, it maintains a core sense of being a senior worshipper of a deity; thus, according to Lovecraft, Cthulhu is below the gods in power.
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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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Is Cthulhu a Titan or a god?

Older than the Earth itself, Cthulhu is a member of the Pantheon of gods known as the "Great Old Ones", and when properly awakened and guided by his cult of homicidal humans, he will return and awaken his brethren.
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Was Cthulhu in underwater?

Cthulhu is the main antagonist of the 2020 science-fiction thriller/horror film Underwater.
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Is kraken and Cthulhu the same?

A kraken is really just a giant squid or octopus. Large and powerful, but essentially just an animal. Cthulhu is (apparently) the leader of a large group of alien entities which travelled to the Earth from a distant part of the universe for purposes unknown.
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