Dream Cycle

The Dream Cycle is a series of short stories and novellas by author H. P. Lovecraft[1] (1890–1937). Written between 1918 and 1932, they concern themselves with "The Dreamlands," a vast, alternate dimension that can be entered via dreams.

A map of Lovecraft's "Dreamworld" by Jack Gaughan (1967).

Geography

The Dreamlands are apparently divided into four regions:

Other locales include the Underworld, a subterranean region underneath the Dreamlands inhabited by various monsters; the Moon, accessible via a ship and inhabited by toad-like "moon-beasts" allied with Nyarlathotep; and Kadath, a huge castle atop a mountain and the domain of the "Great Ones", the gods of Earth's Dreamland.

Evidently all dreamers see the Dreamlands slightly differently, as Atal, High Priest of Ulthar, mentions that everyone has their own dreamland. In the same sentence he says the Dreamlands that many know is a "general land of vision".

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References

  1. James Turner (ed.) (1998). Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1st ed. ed.). New York, NY: Random House. cover blurb. ISBN 0-345-42204-X.
  2. "The Cats of Ulthar" by H. P. Lovecraft
  3. "The Hound" by H. P. Lovecraft
  4. The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death by H.P. Lovecraft - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
  5. The H.P. Lovecraft Archive