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Download: Lovecraftian inspirations from real life and beliefs by Adeptus7
The free brochure is intended primarily for Game Masters who play games in RPG systems inspired by Lovecraft’s works, such as Call of Cthulhu or Delta Green. However, I hope that other fans of cosmic horror will also find something for themselves here. The interesting facts presented here may also be entertaining for people who do not know the work of The Loner of Providence, but some of the references may be unclear to them.
The article contains several anecdotes – either from real history or from beliefs that exist in the real world, and suggestions on how they can be related to the Cthulhu mythology.
You have my permit to use all those ideas as You wish, in Your scenario, game, book, podcast, video, without the need to reward or mention me in any way.
Below is the table of contents
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Typhon – a classic but forgotten abomination
Zeus – embodied energy
In his house underground, dead Hades waits in sleep
Apollo – beautiful, deadly light
Hermes is the gate, Hermes is the key
Erysichton – slayer of living trees, eater of self
NORDIC MYTHOLOGY
A jotun is not the same as a giant, but it can be made into an abomination
Odyn = Nodens, Loki = Nyarlathotep
Or is Odin an abomination?
Einherjers and Odin the human
POLISH FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS
Jan Twardowski – the first man on the Moon
Silent night, starry night
Church in Trzęsacz – Deep ones do not leave their own, even after death
WESTERN EUROPEAN FOLKLORE
The Monstrous German Pied Piper
Ys – Deep Ones princess vs clan of eldritch saints
Jentilak and a Christmas cutthroat
Dragons come in every shape and size
TRUE (OK, SLIGHTLY FAR-FETCHED) HISTORY
Invasion of the Sea Peoples
Greater Germanic Antarctica
The emperor out of the time
The Indus civilization
Order of the Nine Angles – sometimes reality is just as bad and mad as a horror
TRUE (SERIOUSLY) SCIENCE
Mad mathematicians
Humans like ants, ants like zombies
Halny and other foehn winds – the whisper of the wind brings madness
There is more to dimensions than dimensional shamblers
ABRAHAMIC BELIEFS
Covenant with God and Melchizedek
Succubi/incubi, aliens and a sorcerer-pope
Double faith
Stone from the sky, genies and angels
The free brochure is intended primarily for Game Masters who play games in RPG systems inspired by Lovecraft’s works, such as Call of Cthulhu or Delta Green. However, I hope that other fans of cosmic horror will also find something for themselves here. The interesting facts presented here may also be entertaining for people who do not know the work of The Loner of Providence, but some of the references may be unclear to them.
The article contains several anecdotes – either from real history or from beliefs that exist in the real world, and suggestions on how they can be related to the Cthulhu mythology.
You have my permit to use all those ideas as You wish, in Your scenario, game, book, podcast, video, without the need to reward or mention me in any way.
Below is the table of contents
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Typhon – a classic but forgotten abomination
Zeus – embodied energy
In his house underground, dead Hades waits in sleep
Apollo – beautiful, deadly light
Hermes is the gate, Hermes is the key
Erysichton – slayer of living trees, eater of self
NORDIC MYTHOLOGY
A jotun is not the same as a giant, but it can be made into an abomination
Odyn = Nodens, Loki = Nyarlathotep
Or is Odin an abomination?
Einherjers and Odin the human
POLISH FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS
Jan Twardowski – the first man on the Moon
Silent night, starry night
Church in Trzęsacz – Deep ones do not leave their own, even after death
WESTERN EUROPEAN FOLKLORE
The Monstrous German Pied Piper
Ys – Deep Ones princess vs clan of eldritch saints
Jentilak and a Christmas cutthroat
Dragons come in every shape and size
TRUE (OK, SLIGHTLY FAR-FETCHED) HISTORY
Invasion of the Sea Peoples
Greater Germanic Antarctica
The emperor out of the time
The Indus civilization
Order of the Nine Angles – sometimes reality is just as bad and mad as a horror
TRUE (SERIOUSLY) SCIENCE
Mad mathematicians
Humans like ants, ants like zombies
Halny and other foehn winds – the whisper of the wind brings madness
There is more to dimensions than dimensional shamblers
ABRAHAMIC BELIEFS
Covenant with God and Melchizedek
Succubi/incubi, aliens and a sorcerer-pope
Double faith
Stone from the sky, genies and angels
