”) Nowadays,eldritchis used to describe things that are eerie, weird, or frightful. You may also recognize the word as the name of the popular video gameEldritch, inspired by the stories ofH.P. Lovecraft, who often used the word in his horror fiction. Or perhaps you've encountered it ...
although less common, is another, hailing from a time when otherworldly beings were commonly thought to inhabit the earth. The word dates back to the 16th century and may have its origin in the Middle English word elfriche, meaning “fairyland.” (The two...
realised for the first time that the horror of trains and houses was far behind us, the fever of men and cities, the weariness of streets and confined spaces. The wilderness opened up on all sides into endless blue reaches, and the map and compasses were so frequently called ...
for ever and ever. Amen." Machen was upset because someone had tinkered with the liturgy, adding a word that, he felt, dreadfully altered the meaning. The innovator had written it, "that we finally lose not the things eternal." Machen meant that the original version conveyed the idea that...
Lovecraft, who often used the word in his horror fiction. Or perhaps you've encountered it in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.Examples of eldritch in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Opinions ...
(I wish to stress the "may" here, as this is entirely speculative on my part) one of the reasons why he retained the following passage from Price's "The Lord of Illusion" when revising this into "Through the Gates of the Silver Key": "Randolph Carter now felt a supreme horror such ...
My first conscious awareness of Lovecraft was that there was a very short-lived rock band, in the 60s, I believe, and maybe the DJ said they were named after the famed horror author, H. P. Lovecraft. Lessee... Ah, here we go: ...
(also called gnomes/trolls/goblins depending on the translation) from Norway, and many other weird entities, are invited. This is whimsy, not horror; but one of the delicacies at the feast is an adder’s skin filled with children’s fingers, and it is curious as a Who’s Who, and ...
Robert E. Howard shared quite a few things with HPL out of Voodoo folklore and Texan ghost stories, some of which would later be integrated into his horror and adventure stories. And of course HPL and CAS got a kick out of referencing their own alien mythologies. Quote: Dale NelsonWould...
To the degree that the "gods" in Lovecraft are just powerful aliens, with whom some human may run afoul, the fates of those humans might evoke a transient thrill of horror, e.g. the end of "The Haunter of the Dark." I don't actually find I usually feel such a reaction; the chara...