Cthulhu Mythos / 克苏鲁神话

Cthulhu Mythos / 克苏鲁神话 is introduced in 73.虚境奇谭：恐怖+幽默=最好的克苏鲁 as a loose early-twentieth-century literary field rather than a tightly controlled fictional universe. The episode uses [[HPLovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft / 洛夫克拉夫特]], [[ClarkAshtonSmith|Clark Ashton Smith / C.A.史密斯]], [[AugustDerleth|August Derleth / 阿古斯特·德雷斯]], and [[WeirdTales|Weird Tales / 诡丽幻谭]] to explain how shared names, beings, books, places, and atmospheres accumulated through writers and magazines.

The episode’s version of the mythos centers on [[CosmicHorror|cosmic horror]]: humans encounter old or alien forces whose scale and motives make ordinary human categories feel small. Smith’s branch, however, adds strong Horror-Humor Weird Fiction and Anti-Anthropocentric Satire, so the mythos is not only a matter of dread but also of ridicule directed at human self-importance.

Key Claims

• The mythos is best understood here as Open Shared Mythos, not as a modern closed franchise.
• Its horror depends on unknown forces, age, scale, and epistemic collapse.
• The episode’s Smith focus shows that mythos writing can be poetic, decadent, comic, and satirical.
• The field is historically tied to magazine culture and correspondence networks, not just individual genius.
• [[Tsathoggua|萨托古雅]] and [[Eibon|伊波恩]] show how Smith’s material connects into the wider mythos.

Connections

• H. P. Lovecraft / 洛夫克拉夫特, Clark Ashton Smith / C.A.史密斯, and August Derleth / 阿古斯特·德雷斯 - key author/system figures in the episode.
• Cosmic Horror, Weird Fiction, and Open Shared Mythos - conceptual frames.
• [[XujingQitan|《虚境奇谭》]], [[SevenGeases|《七咒赋》]], and [[TheVaultsOfYohVombis|《深谷住民》]] - source and story cases.