Lovecraftian inspirations from real life and beliefs

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This brochure contains inspiration drawn from the beliefs of peoples who actually inhabit the Earth now or in the past, or from facts taken straight from history or science. Each case includes the suggestion, how given beliefs or facts can be interpreted in the spirit of cosmic horror, emphasizing their appropriate elements or bending them slightly. Sometimes, the descriptions are quite brief - a detailed discussion of each topic would take a lot of space and time. These are rather teasers intended to show why a specific thing may be interesting for fans of eldritch vibes and possibly encourage them to take a closer look at the topic.

The article is intended primarily for Game Masters who play games in systems inspired by Lovecraft's works, such as Call of Cthulhu, Trail of Cthulhu or Delta Green. However, I hope that other fans of cosmic horror will also find something for themselves here. The facts presented here may also be interesting for people who are not familiar with the work of The Loner of Providence, but some of the references may be unclear to them.

Here are the contents: 

GREEK MYTHOLOGY


Typhon – a classic but forgotten abomination


Zeus – embodied energy


In his house underground, dead Hades waits in sleep


Apollo – beautiful, deadly light


Hermes is the gate, Hermes is the key


Erysichton – slayer of living trees, eater of self


NORDIC MYTHOLOGY


A jotun is not the same as a giant, but it can be made into an abomination


Odyn = Nodens, Loki = Nyarlathotep


Or is Odin an abomination?


Einherjers and Odin the human


POLISH FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS


Jan Twardowski – the first man on the Moon


Silent night, starry night


Church in Trzęsacz – Deep ones do not leave their own, even after death


WESTERN EUROPEAN FOLKLORE


The Monstrous German Pied Piper


Ys – Deep Ones princess vs clan of eldritch saints


Jentilak and a Christmas cutthroat


Dragons come in every shape and size


TRUE (OK, SLIGHTLY FAR-FETCHED) HISTORY


Invasion of the Sea Peoples


Greater Germanic Antarctica


The emperor out of the time


The Indus civilization


Order of the Nine Angles – sometimes reality is just as bad and mad as a horror


TRUE (SERIOUSLY) SCIENCE


Mad mathematicians


Humans like ants, ants like zombies


Halny and other foehn winds – the whisper of the wind brings madness


There is more to dimensions than dimensional shamblers


ABRAHAMIC BELIEFS


Covenant with God and Melchizedek


Succubi/incubi, aliens and a sorcerer-pope


Double faith - eldritch cult masquerading as mainstream religions


Stone from the sky, genies and angels

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(Now some phrases for the better reach. Lovecraftian plot hooks. Lovecraftian story hooks. Cosmic horror plot hooks. Cosmic horror story hooks. Call of Cthulhu plot hooks. Call of Cthulhu free scenarios. Delta Green plot hooks. Delta Green free scenarios).