R'lyeh
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R'lyeh is the sunken, cyclopean city in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos where the Great Old One Cthulhu lies dreaming beneath the Pacific Ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R'lyeh canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
ⓘ
location in the Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Call of Cthulhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | cyclopean ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
dreams of Cthulhu
ⓘ
when the stars are right ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cthulhu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cthulhu cult NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Great Old Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | Cthulhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Cthulhu's house
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cthulhu's tomb NERFINISHED ⓘ colossal bas-reliefs ⓘ massive doors ⓘ monolithic structures ⓘ non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ vast stone blocks ⓘ |
| coveredWith |
algae
ⓘ
seaweed ⓘ slime ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
great stone city
ⓘ
green and oozy ⓘ nightmare corpse-city NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| guardedBy | strange monolithic doors ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
labyrinthine streets
ⓘ
strange angles ⓘ tilted stone surfaces ⓘ towering monoliths ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
alien geometry
ⓘ
impossible architecture ⓘ non-Euclidean angles ⓘ |
| influenced |
horror literature
ⓘ
later weird fiction ⓘ popular culture depictions of sunken cities ⓘ tabletop role-playing games ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| languageOfName | R'lyehian ⓘ |
| liesBeneath | sea ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional |
Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
The Call of Cthulhu (short story)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Mound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | sunken ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cosmic horror
ⓘ
human insignificance ⓘ |
| temporalStatus | rises and sinks with cosmic cycles ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.