Talk:Miskatonic University
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[edit] Model for MU
I remember reading somewhere that Brown University may have been the priomary model for MU; has anyone else heard of this, and remember where I might have read it? It seems worth mentioning in the article if it can be substantiated.
It might have been in L. Sprague de Camp's bio of HPL, which isn't necessarily the most reliable source, but I can;t recall for certain. FZ 18:02, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Brown would make sense, as it's located in HPL's hometown of Providence, RI. However, I have never seen any definitive proof of that. I've always seen Miskatonic as more or less an amalagam of several Ivy League schools, namely Brown, Harvard (the Miskatonic River reminds me of the Charles River for some reason), Yale, and Dartmouth. --Sensor 03:52, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Original research
I'm skeptical about the following:
It is speculated that the word "Mis-katonic" is derived from Greek chthonic, since many of Lovecraft's monsters and gods were chthonic.
Can anyone provide a citation? (BTW: I seem to recall reading somewhere that "Miskatonic" is a Native American Indian term.)
-,-~R'lyehRising~-,- 17:57, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
- Update. I removed the dubious text and replaced it with info from Pearsall's The Lovecraft Lexicon. Turns out the name is based on the Algonquin language (Lovecraft himself said so! according to Pearsall.) Related note: I believe Will Murray wrote an essay called "Roots of the Miskatonic"--might be worth reading for his take on the word.
-,-~R'lyehRising~-,- 03:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
