Cthulhu

Cthulhu is a terrifying and evil Alien in fiction by Lovecraft and others. He looks a bit like an octopus but is the size of a mountain. He also has claws and rudimentary wings. Cthulhu is currently, “dead” or “dreaming”. He is not dead in the human sense meaning irreversibly loss of consciousness. Rather he is in some form of suspended animation and will later revive. The sleeping giant is an archetypal character. Myths and fairy stories include characters who are now away, asleep but will later return. In Britain there is the tradition that King Arthur and the Wizzard Merlin will return. Jews expect Elijah to return for the coming of the Messiah. Christians await the second coming of Jesus.

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