Ulthar

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Ulthar is a mysterious, cat-revering town in H.P. Lovecraft’s Dreamlands, best known from the tale where a law forbids the killing of cats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional town
location in the Dreamlands
setting in a literary work
appearsIn The Cats of Ulthar NERFINISHED
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter the dark wanderers with the black caravan
the old cotter and his wife who kill cats
the orphan boy Menes NERFINISHED
the unnamed narrator of The Cats of Ulthar
countryInFiction Dreamlands NERFINISHED
creator H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED
culturalImpact popular phrase "the cats of Ulthar" among Lovecraft readers
fandom Cthulhu Mythos fandom NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse H. P. Lovecraft Dream Cycle NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Cats of Ulthar NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1920
genre fantasy setting
weird fiction setting
governedBy burgomaster of Ulthar
hasBuildingType cottages
gable-roofed houses
temples
hasDepiction maps of the Dreamlands in derivative works
hasFeature cobbled streets
rural surroundings
view of the Skai River NERFINISHED
hasInhabitants cat-revering people
large population of cats
hasLaw No man may kill a cat in Ulthar
hasMotif sacred animals
supernatural retribution
hasReligionOrCult cat veneration
hasTheme justice for cruelty to animals
mystery and superstition
reverence for animals
inspiredWorks later Lovecraftian pastiches and role-playing game settings
languageInFiction human languages of the Dreamlands
lawEstablishedBy experience with the mysterious dark wanderers and their kitten
lawOriginStory vengeance of cats upon a couple who killed cats
locatedNearInFiction Hatheg NERFINISHED
Nir NERFINISHED
Skai River NERFINISHED
medium short story literature
notableFor law forbidding the killing of cats
reverence for cats
partOf region along the Skai in the Dreamlands

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