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Age of Conan » Game Suggestions » Some cool cross-genre references to Lovecraft`s Cthulhu mythos

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melmoth1 1/02/08 7:43:19 AM

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We know that Howard`s Conan stories were originally published in `Weird Tales` and that Howard was a great admirer and corresponded with H.P. Lovecraft, even wriitng a few non-Conan stories (e.g. `The Black Stone`) in the same Lovecraftian cosmos.

There are some Lovecraftian references in Conan stories but they are not explicit.

I hope the devs are keen on the Howard-Lovecraft relationship and offer up some cross-genre references to the Cthulhu Mythos.

This would make me smile.

cpauls 1/25/08 11:10:38 AM

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"Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine times patience" -Ogion the Silent

I think you will be pleased. I have been reading Howards original stories over and over for the last three months, and in my opinion, each of REHs stories have at least some reference to the Cthulhu mythos.

In fact, while I was researching a little while back I came accross an entry somewhere (of course cannot find the sources) that the Hyborean age was actually Lovecraft's universe set back in the far past (10,000 BC), and that the folk of that time didn't immediately flip the brain pan when they came in contact because contact with the cosmic critters was a bit more prevalent, and Freud hadn't been born yet.

Here are some links to good info on the connections between Conan and Lovecraft...

The Kings of the Night: Conan and the Cthulhu Mythos, by G. W. Thomas

Wikipedia's Reference to Howard in the Cthulhu Mythos

Wikipedia's Entry on the 'Lovecraft Circle' Under REHs entry

Also here some things from AOC which are evidence of Cthulhu influence...

Renders of the Black Ones...

http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=img_full&func_id=1252&sort=PRIORITY&table=CONTENT

http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=img_full&func_id=1253&sort=PRIORITY&table=CONTENT

A still from the E3 2006 Conan Trailer...Cthulhu's cousin Earl shows up at the end...

http://community.ageofconan.com/wsp/conan/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=img_full&func_id=1223&sort=PRIORITY&table=CONTENT

The whole video, just because it rocks