The cthulhu mythology isn't only from Lovecraft, it usually includes stories that are around lovecraft's work.
Also there are several deities that exist before cthulhu, such as degon, and the actual structure of lovecraft's writing is clearly influenced by mythology at large.
All of that being said I've got 2 more points
1) lovecraftoan mythology isn't mythology
2) religion is what I believe and mythology is what everyone else believes
I'm mostly joking about that last bit, it was a paraphrase from a book I read when I was like 12 and I really wish I remember the name of that book, but it's a really great quote that was used to illustrate that much of what we call mythology was at one point someone's legitimate belief
''religion is what I believe and mythology is what everyone else believes'' is incisive enough that I'm willing to believe it's from some Discworld book I have yet to read.
There is a book called City of Beasts by Isabel Allende that has a really similar quote (I read it in Spanish so I don't know the exact translation used).
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u/silver-luso 9d ago
The cthulhu mythology isn't only from Lovecraft, it usually includes stories that are around lovecraft's work.
Also there are several deities that exist before cthulhu, such as degon, and the actual structure of lovecraft's writing is clearly influenced by mythology at large.
All of that being said I've got 2 more points
1) lovecraftoan mythology isn't mythology
2) religion is what I believe and mythology is what everyone else believes