Favorite Mythical Creature

[Huol]

Satan.

Hahaha yeah. Mythical...
I say God then.

So if Cthulhu is impossible for us to percieve his true form, what is the explanation for us seeing him with wings and tentacles and sh**?

I don't know, you'll have to read some Lovecraft... Possibly it's as close as we can imagine. Perhaps not. I'm a little fuzzy.

[Demonio Cazador]

La Llorona... 'nuff said
o and Huey-Chivos though some people actually say they DO exist!! 

[SM]

So if Cthulhu is impossible for us to percieve his true form, what is the explanation for us seeing him with wings and tentacles and sh**?

We can perceive his true, but it's so horrifying that most people are driven insane or struck dead just by looking at him.  Since HPL never dealt with pictures - only words, he often gives vague hints of what something looks like.  Artwork is taken from these fragmentary descriptions.  Which is why it's so difficult to film Lovecraft stories.  The things he hints at easy to describe, but nigh on impossible to adequately convey visually.  One of the most effective was Herbert West - Reanimator - which was a retake of Frankenstein and much more mundane than the stuff based around the Cthulhu Mythos.

On the closest examples would be Alien oddly enough.  Scott kept the Alien in shadow for the most part so the audience just gets hints of what it looks like and fills in the rest themselves.  Very Lovecraftian.

[LukaKovach]

No Medusa? This thread fails... 

[SM]

Gorgons are pussies compared to the might of Cthulhu, Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth.

[LastSurvivor92]

Gorgons are pussies compared to the might of Cthulhu, Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth.

Cthulhu is badass but Dragons are even more badass. I just like Dragons in general

[Cal427eb]

You can stop now.

[First Blood]

 

Tell him cal. Tell him to shut his whore mouth

[Sabby]

I have a bit of an obscure liking for mythical creatures. I'm not sure if there's a word for it, but I like anything that tries to resemble a human. I don't mean like a spirit with a glamor, I mean like some lanky forest monster that wears human skin, so you can only tell it's not a person when it's up close or standing at it's full height.

If I had to pick a creature with a more recognizable name, I'd go with Manticore. It's basically a Chimera, but it's any fusion of creatures really. It's hard to find decent artwork of anything other then a Chimera though...

[BANE]

Oh wow, I thought you were going to say God for a minute and be completely predictable.

Chimeras are cool though.

[SM]

You can stop now.

Someone want to start a thread called 'What is your favourite necropost by Chronicle?'

[Cal427eb]

You can stop now.

Someone want to start a thread called 'What is your favourite necropost by Chronicle?'

Do it.

[Cvalda]

 

[Sabby]

Oh leave him alone, he contributes more then you do Cal

[First Blood]

Now that's a good one!