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Appearance and contents. The Necronomicon is mentioned in a number of Lovecraft's short stories and in his novellas At the Mountains of Madness and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. However, despite frequent references to the book, Lovecraft was very sparing of details about its appearance and contents.
🔀 For the convention, see NecronomiCon 🐙 The Necronomicon is a fictional book created by H. P. Lovecraft. It is the archetypal book of forbidden knowledge whose contents threaten one's sanity, and serves as one of the centrepieces of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
The "Necronomicon" plays an important role in the Cthulhu mythos-- the mythology behind much of Lovecraft's work involving extraterrestrial beings of immense power. Lovecraft mentions the book in 18 of his stories, more than any other mystical book (real or otherwise) that he references.
"History of the Necronomicon" is a short text written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1927, and published in 1938. It describes the origins of the fictional book of the same name: the occult grimoire Necronomicon , a now-famous element of some of his stories.
In A.D. 950 the Azif, which had gained a considerable tho’ surreptitious circulation amongst the philosophers of the age, was secretly translated into Greek by Theodorus Philetas of Constantinople under the title Necronomicon.
The best-known of these fictional manuscripts is his Necronomicon, about which he said the most. So well-constructed was his information on this fabled text (helped along by modern-day hoaxers bent on making a profit from the ignorance of others) that people to this day believe this book to be real.
Apr 3, 2013 · A Brian Yuzna-produced collection of short horror film was released as Necronomicon in 1993, in which Jeffrey Combs plays Lovecraft, whose discovery of the dreaded volume leads to some...
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Mar 27, 2008 · Necronomicon. H.P. Lovecraft. Orion Publishing Group, Mar 27, 2008 - Fiction - 896 pages. WIKIPEDIA says: 'H.P. Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and...
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft. By H.P. Lovecraft, edited with an Afterword by Stephen Jones, and illustrated by Les Edwards. London: Gollancz; 2008; ISBN 978-0-57508-1-567 (hardcover) or 978-0-57508-1-574 (paperback); 880 pages.
The Necronomicon is a fictional book of magic created by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. It is a Greek -sounding word commonly translated as "book of dead names". It is pronounced "neck-ro-nom-ih-kon".
