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.

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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
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
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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The Call of Cthulhu hasCharacter Gustaf Johansen