Gustaf Johansen
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Gustaf Johansen is a Norwegian sailor in H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu” whose harrowing encounter with the cosmic entity Cthulhu provides crucial evidence of the creature’s terrifying reality.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norwegian person
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ sailor ⓘ |
| accountLaterReadBy | Francis Wayland Thurston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accountPreservedBy | Professor George Gammell Angell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Call of Cthulhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithShip |
Alert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
implied stress and trauma from cosmic revelation
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mysterious circumstances ⓘ |
| communicatesVia | written account ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesIn | The Call of Cthulhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encounters |
Cthulhu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cultists of Cthulhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceType | ship’s log-like narrative ⓘ |
| evidenceUsedBy | Francis Wayland Thurston’s investigation of Cthulhu ⓘ |
| faces |
awakening of Cthulhu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
non-Euclidean city ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1928 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
cosmic horror
ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ |
| homePort | Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedLocation |
R’lyeh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediumOfExistence | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | provider of crucial evidence about Cthulhu ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| occupation | sailor ⓘ |
| partOf | narrative frame of The Call of Cthulhu ⓘ |
| psychologicalImpact |
extreme terror
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lasting trauma ⓘ |
| relatedToTheme |
danger of forbidden knowledge
ⓘ
insignificance of humanity ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
survivor of Cthulhu encounter
ⓘ
witness to Cthulhu ⓘ |
| significanceInMythos | direct human witness to Great Old One ⓘ |
| spouse | Johansen’s wife ⓘ |
| survives | initial encounter with Cthulhu ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.