Arkham

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fictional city fictional location setting in literature

Arkham is a fictional, gloomy New England city created by H. P. Lovecraft, often associated with occult happenings and the infamous Miskatonic University in the Cthulhu Mythos.

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Arkham (fictional city) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional city ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
setting in literature ⓘ
appearsIn Herbert West–Reanimator NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Colour Out of Space NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dreams in the Witch House NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dunwich Horror NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Thing on the Doorstep NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Miskatonic University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Necronomicon NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInFiction United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalCounterpartOf Salem, Massachusetts (inspired) NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1920 ⓘ
firstAppearedIn The Picture in the House NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre horror fiction ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
hasFeature foggy streets ⓘ
old colonial architecture ⓘ
proximity to the sea ⓘ
hasInstitution Arkham Asylum (in later adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arkham Sanitarium (in some stories) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miskatonic University NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver Miskatonic River NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspired Arkham Asylum in DC Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arkham Horror board game setting ⓘ
Arkham Horror: The Card Game setting ⓘ
Call of Cthulhu role-playing game setting NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOrigin English ⓘ
locatedInFictional New England NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium board games ⓘ
comics ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ
role-playing games ⓘ
notableFor gloomy atmosphere ⓘ
occult happenings ⓘ
supernatural events ⓘ
partOf Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Dunwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Innsmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingsport NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme cosmic horror ⓘ
forbidden knowledge ⓘ
madness ⓘ
usedByAuthor August Derleth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brian Lumley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clark Ashton Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramsey Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cthulhu Mythos → includesLocation → Arkham ⓘ
The Colour Out of Space → setIn → Arkham ⓘ
Necronomicon (fictional grimoire) → settingLocation → Arkham ⓘ
subject surface form: Necronomicon
this entity surface form: Arkham (fictional city)
The Dreams in the Witch House → settingLocation → Arkham ⓘ