_chthonos_=>_Cthulhu_ ?? (was Re: Newbie Delurking (or decloaking as the case may be)
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 8:36 |
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In a message dated 12.11.2001 11:09:11 PM:
>> Ph'nglui mglwnafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
>> In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu lies dreaming.
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To me, _Cthulhu_ seems very close to the Greek _chthonos_, which is a
word referring to the underworld and anything of the underworld. "Chthonic,"
"tectonic," etc. is IIRC related to this root.
eh?
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