R'lyeh Text

An esoteric text touching on the cult of Cthulhu.

Contents

The R'lyeh Text includes hints that seem to indicate that the time for the resurgence of Cthulhu is drawing near [AWD Curwen].

Laban Shrewsbury's Cthulhu in the Necronomicon includes this quote from the R'lyeh Text: "Great Cthulhu shall rise from R'lyeh, Hastur the Unspeakable shall return from the dark star which is in the Hyades near Aldebaran . . . Nyarlathotep shall howl forever in the darkness where he abideth, Shub Niggurath shall spawn his thousand young . . ." [AWD Sky]

The Cthulhu Mythos sprang from old books including the R'lyeh Text [AWD Island].

Appearance

Amos Tuttle's copy was bound in human skin [AWD Hastur].

Copies and Modern Readers

Haddon found a copy among the books of Amos Tuttle, which was later consulted by Paul Tuttle . Paul Tuttle donated the copy to Miskatonic University. [AWD Hastur]

David, a librarian at Miskatonic University, delved into the R'lyeh Text [AWD Sandwin].

Tony Alwyn, a librarian at Miskatonic University, knew something of the weird knowledge hidden in the R'lyeh Text [AWD Beyond2].

Laban Shrewsbury spoke to Andrew Phelan and Nayland Column of various esoteric texts, including the R'lyeh Text [AWD Curwen, Keeper]. Claiborne Boyd found passages from the R'lyeh Text among the papers of Asaph Gilman [AWD Gorge]. Abel Keane read of the R'lyeh Text in Shrewsbury's Cthulhu in the Necronomicon [AWD Sky].

Upton Gardner had photostatic copies of pages from the R'lyeh Text [AWD Dweller].

The Gable Window narrator found a copy in the house of his late cousin, Wilbur Akeley [AWD Gable (online text)].

Winfield Phillips borrowed either an original copy or a photostat of R'lyeh Text from Seneca Lapham. It probably was borrowed or copied from the Miskatonic University Library. [AWD Lurker]

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