The "Cthulhu Mythos proper" coined by Robert M. Price was shaped by H.P. Lovecraft, developed by himself and other authors; the Lovecraft Circle, comprised of Lovecraft's friends and correspondents Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, August Derleth, and himself (but can be expanded to other friends and correspondents, such as E. Hoffmann Price, or Henry Kuttner). According to Robert M. Price, that Mythos could be divided into three separate groups: the Dunsanian, Arkham, and Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos was created by Derleth, was the merging of the writings of the Lovecraft Circle.
That Mythos also included elements created by earlier authors, such as Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Robert W. Chambers, or Ambrose Bierce, and was continued with many others since, such as Lin Carter, Brian Lumley, or Stephen King.
For the sake of relevancy and exhaustivity, this categories also includes the subjects involved in Lovecraft's "Dunsanian"/Dreamlands cycle, the Tsathogguan or Hyperborean Cycle of Clark Ashton Smith, and the Legend of the Elder Gods; and in other Mythoses, or Mythoi (or their subsets of Mythoses), such as the Carcosa Mythos, or Yellow Mythos, referring to the creations of Ambrose Bierce, later used by Robert W. Chambers, and close from the Hastur Mythos coined by John Tynes.
The creations originated from the expansion of the Cthulhu Mythos within the Marvel Universes, or those inspired by the Mythos, belong in the Cthulhu Mythos Pastiches category. For example:
- Some of the Old Ones, such as Yog-Sokot and Niggurab, possibly inspired by Mythos entities, but non-existent in the literary Mythos.
- The Dweller-in-Darkness, despite being the spawn of Cthulhu.
- Uluath, clearly inspired by the Mythos on several aspects.
- Ohris Dehjmal, a necromancer related to Mythos' elements.
The authors who have contributed to the Mythos are listed in the subcategories, but not all of their creations are necessarily part of it.
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