The Dreamlands - (Exploring the Cthulhu Mythos)

[@LaceNWhisky]

The Dreamlands are, I think, my favorite part of Lovecraft's work. I have been trying to organize a D&D campaign that would take place largely in The Dreamlands.

[@ExtraordinaryJam]

Count me in!!

[@floridamancode_e2673]

Don't know if you even made the game because it's so much later but I suggest you look at the Pathfinder adventure path called strange aeons. Much of the game is centered around traveling to the dreamlands. You also visit carcosa later on. It's a really good adventure path. Takes you from levels 1-18 I believe

[@iainoam2565]

You should include an experience with yidhra!

[@ArcaneSwitchboard]

There is a Call of Cthulhu Dreamlands setting!

[@JaketheCultist]

GURPs also probably has something.

[@حَسن-م3ه9ظ]

For y'all that are wondering the arabic at 6:19 translates to "....death*Azathoth, sultan of demons*God of chaos upon his throne in..."

[@nevaehsangel9620]

Cool, thx! I have always loved Arabic and wish I knew it,but hear it's very hard to learn.☹️ Beautiful language.❤️

[@ORLY911]

Dreamlands is one of my favorite little things from the mythos that don't get as much attention as the other stuff, it's so bizarre but relatable with how HPL describes the dreams setting like it was a dream journal, thus it works. It almost feels tangible with all the rules to get in and the lore behind it makes it feel truly like an old and dangerous place that it is. It would honestly make a great TV show if they wanted to, they have a good cast from these stories!

[@gandalfthepurple9529]

In what "century" is cthulhu mythos set on?

[@ORLY911]

@@gandalfthepurple9529 most stories take place in the 20th century, sometimes 18th and 19th depending (or transitioning to 20th).

[@gandalfthepurple9529]

@@ORLY911 thanks

[@gwyndolin1536]

With an extended life span I could pet all the Cats of Ulthar!

[@petradegroot3578]

Alexander Bahn can i join you? I ❤️🐈

[@dylanroberts6720]

an extended life and all the cats to pet.. what else could a person want?!

[@AThousandYoung]

They breed and die too fast

[@gwyndolin1536]

@@AThousandYoung I would form the Greatest Cat Army!

[@seandarke1892]

Alexander Bahn aThousand young at six at a time that’s gonna take you a while LOL

[@johnoneil9188]

The Dreamlands have not been the same since King DeDeDe took over. Quite a few of the dreamland stories were featured in the anthology book I read. Among them "Through the Gate of the Silver Key" and "Dreamquest for Unknown Kadath". The Dreamlands, speaking from the way they are described, always struck me as a rather tropical place with deep jungles and wide rivers. Ironically the land of dreams appears to be rather sunny.

[@craigfulco7470]

Love the Jeremy Soule/Skyrim music playing in the background.

[@nikolajlindelsberg8587]

Craig Fulco I may be mistaken, but I do believe this music is actually taken from a Dark Souls OST, my friend

[@haedian]

Nikolaj Lindelsberg U r mistaken. It’s ‘Secunda’ from Skyrim’s OST

[@greenghost7907]

Nikolaj Lindelsberg I hope you’re trolling because it is for sure skyrim

[@avery7690]

welp i was wrong too.. i thought it was from the first fable game ×D

[@awsomeman93]

@@avery7690 shiiieet, i thought it was Starfox 64

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_I never knew Kirby was actually an H.P. Lovecraft's creature in Dreamland._*

[@HxH2011DRA]

Was it not obvious?

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Candy coloured cosmic horror?

[@tmpd5964]

I never thaught about it but he does eat adorable creatures Alive

[@Aboriginal_American_Hebrew]

Whats a H.P?

[@tmpd5964]

@@Aboriginal_American_Hebrew h.p. stands for Howard Phillips he's the author who wrote these books.

[@TheHornedKing]

I recall the spider god Atlach-Nacha trying to weave a bridge between our world and the Dreamlands, which would mean the end of the world.

[@theZCAllen]

Woah, dick move

[@bromisovalum8417]

I remember reading historical accounts few centuries back, of people being attacked by giant man-eating spiders.

[@matthewutech5970]

That's just par for the course of the eldritch great old ones.

[@crimesagainsthumanity2059]

You should do a video talking about the connections between Lovecraft Lore and the Mythos of Conan the Barbarian. I've heard that they are both set in same universe.

[@flaviancandescent4521]

H.P. Lovecraft wrote to other authors encouraging them to use his mythos. He corresponded with Robert E. Howard the creator of Conan the Barbarian and Howard did include a Great old one in one of his stories.

[@kevinmerrifield4767]

IIRC Clarke Ashton Smith, another of Lovecraft's contemporaries who also shared some content originated the Serpent men that feature in the prehistroy of Conan's Hyborian Age.

[@celtlordcologne110]

Getting some beer for that if he does it lol

[@riksi3327]

One of the god's is named Yog in Conan universe, which truly looks eldrich chtonian entity.

[@DmitriyLusin]

@The Gray Ghost the dreaming God Dagoth is one of pillar men

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

I have a theory that the Dreamlands used to be part of the waking world, but somehow got split off some long-forgotten ages in the past. That’s why some locations, like the plateau of Leng and Kadath, seem to be in both. Need to reread Lovecraft’s complete works to try and find more evidence.

[@jukkamegido6409]

DrFranklynAnderson Maybe that's why Atlach-Nacha weaves her massive web across the void; to bridge the gap between the Dreamlands and the Waking realm, to make them one, once again.

[@ArtwithBen]

At the beginning of Celephais, Kadath dreams of a “great stone house covered with ivy” and at the end of the story SPOILERS the physical body of Kadath washes up by Innsmouth against “Ivy covered Trevor Towers”. Perhaps there is a link between these locations.

[@julioacceus253]

Welcome Home Good Hunter.

[@flatheadgg2443]

I got that reference

[@Grimfaxe]

I was looking for a bloodborne reference 😁

[@JeremyCayaban]

We are borne of the blood,made men by the blood , undone by the blood, our eyes have yet to open, FEAR THE OLD BLOOD - Master Willem

[@nirvanic3610]

@@Grimfaxe Same

[@seamusdoherty]

Glad to see you a few Bloodborne fans here

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

Yeah if I were living in the Cthulhu Mythos I would definitely try to physically enter the Dreamlands, not only would I get an extended lifespan but so far the Dreamlands seems like the only place where one would be safe from the innumerable madness inducing Eldritch Abominations.

[@toxxaniusornica824]

Well there's the south fantastic area, seems to be a bit scary

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

If Azathoth's dreaming is what we know as the Known Universe...Isn't _everything_ the Dreamlands?

[@adamwelch4336]

I believe that azohoth dreams bring him to a diffent plain amoung the stars because he is able to adjust space and time in his sleep. But it was conjector

[@larsliljeberg3970]

Just Some Guy with a Mustache No,we are the dream that Azohoth has, and Dreamland is the World "we" dreamed up,so whatever exist in dreamland is out of reach for azathot because he only dreams ouer universe,but he dosen t dream "ouer dreams",and then theiy is the concept of the Dark multiverse....that is also connectet to the dreamland via the fact that it itself is just a bunch of nightmares.

[@ethanrajczak3041]

LARS Liljeberg so on that note couldn’t the human race somewhat escape Azathoth’s mind by living inside the dreamland?

[@larsliljeberg3970]

@@ethanrajczak3041 Well you see the Dark Multiverse has many worlds wich only exist because someones "fear" manifest in dreamland while that person dreams, yet taking the Batman who laughs for exampel,he and all his friends would have stopped existing alltogether if theiy weren t extractet from theiy normal "universe" while the person in qestion was "waking up" wich means it dosen t matter if theiy were dreaming themselfs at that moment or not,theiy do have still just "vanished" as if theiy never had been there to begin with.in a sense this shows the connection "live" has to azathot because ouer dreams atleast for ouer nightmares stop being a thing upon waking up,same as ouer universe would stop being a thing if azathot wakes up. of course neither azathot or the real batman know what the Batman who laughs dreamed in his life before he went insane or what he dreams after being insane,his dreams are for him alone to know,so unless humanity literaly finds a way to "break reality" and go beyond the barrier that seperates awake-peopel from the dreamland,and then can travel there and live there,just as Batman who laughs tryed to do,we can t escape azathot at all, basically think of it like this: whatever a comic character doas he still is in a comic,so unless he somehow finds a way to literaly leave his page that the writter gave him,and go to a different comic alltoghether,he won t escape the writters influence even if the writter dosen t necessarly know about his creations dreams.

[@albertamalachi3560]

This actually goes back to Dunsany, one of Lovecraft's influences. It's explained there that Mana Yod Sushai dreamt everything. If Mana Yod Sushai wakes, everything ends. Lovecraft had the idea that his Azatoth was kind of an expy of Mana Yod Sushai and probably at one point somewhat implied that Azatoth (and it's surroundings) itself was a dreamer that was dreamt by another dreamer. Like something out of the movie Inception.

[@twogungunnar9456]

One of, if not THE richest, most colorful, interesting, compelling, original, fascinating fictional worlds ever imagined.

[@MaliaMydnight]

Ugh this was PERFECT. Bite sized, but filling information for a bedridden ding dong of a writer who is building her latest character on Lovecraftian style and background. Well done, and thank you!

[@2fluffytv]

That's why it feels so familiar, freaking skyrim theme

[@moschopspaladin5894]

That's a very interesting way to fantasize and imagine dreams. Dreams IRL often seem like places that can be revisited where time isn't constant. Sadly, it's the only place I "see" my parents and other lost loved ones or "visit" times long gone. Dreams may mean little to nothing, but inspire so much.

[@maraque16]

The third Johannes Cabal book mostly takes place in the Dreamlands. Definitely a recommended read if you like dark humour and adventure. Might want to read the first two books in the story though.

[@roiblack8587]

I like those dreamland stories... they show a "lighter side" of Lovecraft. Not in every stories, but in some.

[@monsterno.definablenever.3484]

Apparently I'm a great one, maybe? I can access the dreamlands when awake, and almost always dream within them, despite never once remembering having seen the gatekeepers. I have felt the great shock of a dream death any time I "die" in the dreamlands, but I can always reform, and do in the same dream sometimes, and always in a place I can choose. I have absurd levels of godly power (Flight, telekinesis, shapeshifting, basically any magical effect I desire, (fire, lasers, lightning, healing, creation of matter, whatever) and once repelled a monstrously titanic devourer of worlds by focusing a massive beam of force up to it. I seem to have even greater power when awake and focusing on the dreamlands than when dreaming.

[@diegos7337]

WOW! I never knew about this! Love Craft had such an amazing imagination! This is so interesting!

[@damianalexander4274]

His imagination was great, search up how creative the name of his cat is.

[@mwellnow5016]

@@damianalexander4274 wow I have definitely never heard that about lovecraft before, I am so offended. Thank you for warning me about these horrible nasty words.

[@ethanrajczak3041]

M Wellnow Lovecraft was a racist even for his time. That or you can blame his crippling fear over anything that wasn’t a white, rich, and New England person. Even for simple country folk he wrote many stories using them as incest hillbillies who’d sex fish for money. He got better before his early death, even wanting to destroy his early works.

[@mwellnow5016]

@@ethanrajczak3041 I was being sarcastic, mocking the fact that this is a very very well known fact about Lovecraft and trying to express how tired I am of hearing this over and over again (as someone who frequents Lovecraft circles regularly and wants to hear more original discussion). It's the whole reason I clicked on the Dreamland video in the first place.

[@Nobody-11B]

@@mwellnow5016 yeah I'm sick of the virtue signaling myself. The depth of the man's stories can't be explored by those who are so hung up on bullshit like his IRL racism.

[@crownedrat4091]

My favorite fantasy scape personally, I too wish I could fall asleep and enter a fantastic world

[@pyromaniac000000]

After the recent Smite update, and watching through some of your Egyptian pantheon videos and one being mentioned quite often, i would very much love a video on Horus and Set, especially Set. Pretty please?

[@reeven1721]

You need to talk about The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath!

[@James-yv8nk]

I’ve visited this place before and It’s everything and nothing you could possibly imagine. I remember speaking with a being made of eternal darkness. It spoke in a strange language that was completely incomprehensible, yet I understood every word. From what I remember, it kept calling me ‘The Great Dreamer’. It has stuck with me my entire life and now I finally understand.

[@missrabidfox5943]

The Dreamlands series by Brian Lumley is fantastic. It tries into his Titus Crow series and Primal Land series' respectively .

[@ZeoZan1127]

I wish you had a podcast so I can leave you open and up while I drift off. Leaving KZbin up while I sleep eats at my data. 😔 But honestly I love listening to the stories and hearing your voice! It relaxes me.

[@techdathoward]

Heaven Leigh yup. I fall to sleep listening a lot.

[@markportwood4045]

I’m currently halfway through Lovecraft’s Dreamlands works, so this video is absolutely fascinating. And that map is stunning.

[@andrewdornan587]

Love the Oblivion music in the background

[@brendanklagu6042]

When I clicked on this Video I thought it was about Australian Aboriginal Dreamland mythology,and can you do a video on that mythology and fiction.

[@eddiecactus1085]

Brendan Klagu it's actually called Dreamtime or the Dreaming, not dreamland. But I absolutely agree with you that we need a video on these myths, as they are so unique and interesting.

[@boulderthefat154]

An Emu laid an Egg whopty fricken do.

[@Kalashboy420]

@@boulderthefat154 actually it was a giant serpent

[@Kalashboy420]

B A ohhh no, im over americans saying things like mel-born and can-beara hahaha

[@Nobody-11B]

@B A I'm good with the language they can't help it, but the virtue whores... Thanks for the warnings.

[@DynnoJMelloe]

Dreams of terror and death has been a wonderful introduction into the works of lovecraft for me :) And as an avid dreamer the concept of the dreamlands described in his stories are a terrifying yet amazing concept

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

"Dreams are my reality The only kind of real fantasy, Illusions are a common thing I try to live in dreams It seems as if it's meant to be."

[@markobabic487]

Ive actually been here. To these dreamlands. Ive been searching the net for 6 years now for some explanation of what I dreamt about and I find it here. Wth.

[@AyubuKK]

Marko Babic Same.

[@shoesncheese]

I see the steps sometimes in my dreams, but the two guardians of the gate just want to tell me jokes instead of letting me pass. Decades ago, I did get in. The enchanted wood. I was chased by werewolves through the forest. My feet didn't touch the ground as I levitated inches above the grass and hovered at great speed. I heard them mimicking human speech in the shadows, crashing through trees, snarling, funneling me toward a central clearing. I was surrounded and had no choice but to enter a house there that flowed like cloth in the wind. The walls and floor were as water save where I put my foot or hand where it instantly solidified to hold my weight. In the center of the house was a solid stone slab, immobile. And on it, slept a beautiful princess. I leaned in but instead of a kiss, I got a face full of jagged needle teeth as the thing leapt up and moved as if to attack. I was saved by a creature that had been following me. It froze the house, froze the creature in mid-air. I got a good look at its red mad eyes, it's impossibly large maw dripping with saliva. The thing that saved me chided me for making such a dumb mistake. It had no form of its own and instead looked like me, with my voice, but eyes of solid black. I was a fool, The Fool. I was not ready. So I was cast out and have not been back in, not all the way. I was a child, figuratively but also quite literally. It didn't matter; I failed the test. I may never get past the gate again.

[@markobabic487]

@@shoesncheese They want to fight me. The steps are concrete in my dream and the guardians are gypsies, not Egyptian. The second set of steps has white shoe marks like someone stepped in paint and I was lead by someone that introduced himself as Death. Ive been a lot in the Dreamlands,, just not lately. Ive been to Guardian Lake, Ive been to a place with pillars above water, to a desert road above a city, to a white city, to a tropical beach etc and I can describe them all in great detail. Id love to see if my notes are the same as someone elses.

[@markobabic487]

Sometimes when I dream there is a person, or animal that is interacting in my dream as someone unimportant, like actors that are acting the pedestrians in a movie. The character is there, he follows you. But if you confront him and tell him you know who he is he will let you through to the Dreamlands.

[@stonetic2515]

@@AyubuKK I think everyone has their own individual dreamscape, influenced by what they read and see while they're awake.

[@lacyhart2043]

Carter is one of my favorite HPL characters for sure.

[@gearmachine_4885]

Thank you so much, I wanted it to be the setting of a part of our new campaign dungeons and dragons, but I just couldn’t get myself to read the the Dreamquest of Kadath, because it’s written so weird!

[@arkinyte13]

gear machine it’s not an easy read, so I don’t blame you.

[@najeekgreen2543]

Loving the concept of D&D in Lovecraft dreamscape

[@ORLY911]

If you'd prefer short ones, The White Ship, Celephais, The Doom that Came to Sarnath, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Cats of Ulthar and a few others are open to you. I highly recommend White Ship and Celephais.

[@gearmachine_4885]

Sono thank you!

[@ORLY911]

@@gearmachine_4885 oh yeah Strange High House in the Mist is fantastic too, it doesn't take place IN the dreamlands but a dimensional crossroads to it. And no problem!

[@jack-exzolt9858]

I just like how the main recurring theme of Lovecraftian stories involves dreams and sleep. Because in your dreams, there is an another vast universe or multiverse apart from the corporeal.

[@michaelagreen100]

I've been writing a series of books that reminds me of this.

[@immersivegamer7640]

This is a quality upload - thanks a lot! Well done too - love the music you have chosen - eery and mysterious yet calming. Much like dreamlands have to be...

[@madarpauser2133]

U know. I'm pretty sure the Fade in Dragon age are inspired by this Dreamland. Also. I think there are other Lovecraftian elements in Dragon age too.

[@Zeithri]

The concept of Mages / Wizards / Occultists go way back beyond Dragon Age and even gaming in general. But you're certainly not wrong about Dragon Age being inspired by Lovecraftian elements. - In Clive Barker's Undying, when attempting to open a door, it'll fly off it's hinges straight into the now exposed red sky, and you'll find yourself standing in the world of Oneiros. And later on in the same game after falling asleep I believe it was, you'll find yourself in the world of Eternal Autumn, a world created by Bethany Covenant. Highly recommend this game if only for the sudden moment when you walk from perfect normality into suddenly being in Oneiros.

[@someguynamedvictor]

The getting locked out of dreamlands thing sounds like a story I heard on an Art Bell program where a caller could astral project into some other world but one day he was “spotted” by something saying he shouldn’t be there. He then said he could no longer access this place or project at all.

[@justicar347]

I had my kindergarten class do a play based off of the Dream Quest. They loved it.

[@クローマーアックスエリク]

Bloodborne was inspired by Lovecraft and the Dreamlands. The game's lore is cryptic. This video explains so much.

[@someguynamedvictor]

The geometry observed in the dreamlands is also compared to the strange temple in COC, where the “angles just weren’t right” and time/gravity was anomalous.

[@taelos]

The artist who created the map shown in the video is Jason B. Thompson, whose blog can be found at mockmanpress.com Just putting this here because I've enjoyed his work (he published a comic anthology containing his renditions of "The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath", "The White Ship", "Celephais", and others) and thought I should share what I know.

[@mwellnow5016]

THANKS!

[@insanetubegain]

Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath was the first Lovecraft story I read. I like his Dream Cycle stories the best, as they seem more fantasy than his purely macabre stories.

[@janespright]

It reads like an old Dungeons and Dragons campaign map. I love it! This should be explored more in-depth by someone

[@mwellnow5016]

I would read the stories

[@evgenykholodov9924]

i like how you use the Whiterun ambience music... thought i had left my game running for a moment

[@Halfsight666]

As far as non lovecraft stories go I love Brian Lumley’s Dreamlands series. Consists of 4 books starting with Hero of Dreams. It also ties in later on with his Titus Crow series which is set in the Cthulhu Mythos.

[@texasallstar6969]

Foul xenos I've called in the space marines to take care of these horrors and wonders.

[@JosePerez-ld8qg]

It kinda sounds heretical too... You might need to summon an Inquisitor.

[@indefiniteabyss1257]

Warhammer's chaos gods are lovecratian knock off so

[@khai96x]

Calling them "daemons" or "neverborn" would be more accurate than "xenos", as they are the denizens of the Aether, not aliens of physical reality.

[@clone_69]

There are versions that say that the story of Polaris did not actually take place in the Dreamlands, but in a prehistoric Earth, although several names hint that it may as well be in the Dreamlands.

[@terryr9052]

Yeah, same with The Doom that Came to Sarnath

[@NoobNoob-ss5hs]

*[Morpheus has joined the chat]*

[@jonathanrynjah]

DC lore is also 👌

[@docette2015]

Impressive new opening! And I like the Dreamlands as a concept -- different worlds one can enter through their dreams is a super cool idea. :D And the places mentioned in Lovecraft's world are pretty intriguing.

[@mightybaloo1880]

The Dream-Quest is easily my favorite of Lovecraft's stories. It was my first experience with Nyarlathotep and to this day remains one of the scariest scenes I've ever read. Such a wonderfully bizarre story with some truly horrifying moments. The High Priest in the Yellow Mask in particular stands out to me as well.

[@ecthelionofgondolin7414]

The dream land of unknown kadath is my favorite story of the mythos. Randolph Carter is awesome.

[@jameson.4126]

I appreciate the skyrim background music.

[@tyisenhour1393]

What about a video on when religion becomes mythology? Like when Norse beliefs became mythology instead of a religion. Or with Greeks and Roman beliefs.

[@bromisovalum8417]

It was mythology already back then. Herakleitos, one of the earlier Greek philosophers, scoffed at gullible women prostrating before stone idols. And the whole era of hellenism, the great Greek philosophers spawned by Pythagoras and Plato, this started with the idea that a god that goes fucking around everything that moves, and generally being a giant dickwad next to a giant adulterer, can NEVER be the one great creator, the source where everything that is good emanates from. That was the very thought that caused Plato to think up his demiurg principle. This was all a REJECTION of the whole traditional Greek polytheist religion, in favor of eastern monotheism and dualism (good vs evil concept). So this happened 3-4 centuries before Christ, and was seen by the early Christians as proof for that scriptural statement that God was going to soften the hearts of men before the coming of the messiah.

[@1mezion]

You make mythology and fiction very enjoyable to learn about i would love to see a series about these things

[@ladykoiwolfe]

This is really cool. Please continue. They may be short, but they are interesting.

[@sarosp9330]

Since all of reality is azathoth's dream in the lovecraftian mythos, any dream is equally valid and potentially preferable

[@themetal]

Kind of like the Realm of Dreams and Nightmares in our existence. Though that place is impossible to map as it is always shifting and I highly don't recommend going there outside your own dreamscape. The memory still haunts me to this day.

[@zmeyagosho]

Check out the book "A Night in the Lonesome October" by Roger Zelazny. It has a great description of the dreamlands and is a great homage to the Lovecraft mythos as a whole!

[@mikeaxle2008]

your explanation of the dreamland matches what the pyramid texts say about the journey of a pharoah's sould after death!

[@jesserichards5582]

Need to learn more about this, would be a good d&d world for my players to explore!

[@drumhead62]

Wheel of time had to have taken inspiration from this

[@magikomaiko3303]

this would make an awesome open world rpg, falling asleep and climbing the stairs would be like character creation

[@Nicholi666]

Never realized how much the Dream lands remind me of the Shivering Isles.awh... the nostalgia.

[@ColonelSanders17]

I'm seeing a lot of parallels between the dream lands and The Elder Scrolls. I think there was a lot of inspiration with Vivic and some other stuff too. Lovecraft would in awe by his legacy.

[@redeye3869]

I’m currently reading Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. It was cool seeing references to other characters like Pickman an the Other Gods.

[@zivotshonzou]

Dreamlands, one of many, many planes of realities. But beautiful one. I love the beauty of dying worlds, the attention for every detail, not knowing if it is last. The plane covered by shallow salt sea, like dead sea, and fog. There is dim and dying sun. Inhabitants are walking on long poles to not touch the sea level. They are not corporal, just rags of cloth resembling humans. They are friendly. They have their tall rag-tag "houses". They are also rocks and caves. Every drop of dew is there like a miracle. A dying world. Phantomally beautifully dying one

[@beneficent2557]

Leng is also mentioned in the World of Ice and Fire

[@A17IAN3]

Sounds like an isekai anime to me

[@battyrae1398]

i mean............you arent WRONG

[@Zeanith_helfire]

I'm running a Pathfinder Adventure that focuses heavily in the dreamlands. As far as parallel planes of existence go the dreamlands is one of the more interesting.

[@withheldrathernotsay3324]

If the Lovecraft universe is all the dream of Azathoth, then who or what dreams the dreamlands? 🤔

[@gearmachine_4885]

I think that maybe he dreamt of it inside his dream. Sounds weird, but hey, it’s Lovecraft, so...

[@matthewutech5970]

Basically? We did. Or rather, the lesser earth gods did.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

this place reminds me of the Abadazad books. which were sadly discontinued when Crossgen went out of business.

[@catrr2194]

True Knowledge is well received in this state and dream state

[@catrr2194]

🕳

[@dratheart]

Damn that map of the Dreamlands looks identical to the map of Planetos in so many ways!

[@chrishale7480]

This seems pleasant compared to most Lovecraft works.

[@midimusicforever]

Seems to be a lot of untapped potential here.

[@AutisticArcher]

Polaris is the Northern Star. And the music is from Skyrim

[@Velociferon]

Reminds me of the realm in the book in skyrim and the fade of dragon age.

[@cosmic2750]

I never realized how much inspiration Hollow Knight draws from Lovecraft until this video...

[@keizerolhosverdes3458]

0:17 Where can i find this image? Awesome video as always!!!

[@hoffenwurdig1356]

0:09 Is nobody ever going to comment on the book about Jedi which does not get opened? That book, too, is very large and must contain a great deal of information!

[@Mysteryskatin]

I really wish CDProjekt would make a Lovecraft themed game.

[@Kestas_X]

It's weirdly fascinating.

[@pinedragon5398]

That intro is at a serious cinematic level holy shit

[@aislemontecristo]

Fascinating, but I should not be watching this before bedtime. 😬

[@UltraStarWarsFanatic]

The Dreamlands made an appearance as Nyarlathotep's realm in a chinese novel I was reading. At least he got something out of his drab babysitting job in one story, heh.

[@TallicaMan1986]

I'm died many times in a simulator. I like dream. it was like Unreal Tournament, but I was kicking some serious ass. Until I get blasted apart and saw my body parts in third person to only respawn and try to get the flag and I've experienced this so many times over the years. I feel like this is a dreamscape where they are watching you and you just so happen to get into that specific wave length or tuning,

[@kuribo1]

Would vacation there without a doubt. What an adventure that would be.

[@shortperson20]

I love these concepts, and it's probably why I love Bloodborne so much.

[@argentandroid5732]

The dreamlands is featured in Johannes Cabal and the Fear Institute, which is also my favorite book in that series.

[@MisterDTwenty]

Arkham, Miskatonic University, Dunwich, Innsmouth and more! Hope we get to see all of these places get the same great treatment.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Someone make a petition for an open-world video game set in the Dreamlands

[@Prigu]

The most recent book I read featuring The Dreamlands was the 3rd book in a series called Johannes Cabal. The book in question is called Johannes Cabal and the Fear Institute. Great read Imo.

[@wackkadoodle2949]

wonderful as always...love all your videos

[@howardhavardramberg333]

This is also where the creature that the directors of Sonic the movie lives, before the internet changed it thankfully.

[@mistergiraffe9425]

Funny thing is I actually like the Dream Cycle more than yhe Cthulhu Mythos Tales. As a happy-go-lucky perosn who likes the idea of having awareness of how cruel life and reality can be. The Quest of Iranon is one of my favorites. Although... Im pretty sure Nyarlathotep is the messenger of the Outer Gods only, and Azathoth basically rules the dreamlands through Nyarlathotep. The reason he protects the Great Ones is honestly unknown.

[@jjoyslin2702]

I’m currently listening to Lovecrafts works on Audible and it’s interesting to hear how many of them are tied together with this subject.

[@Bergensape]

The dream lands are mentioned on the story about Randolph Carter looking for the city of Kadath. The story is one of the longest (in pages) that lovecraft write and my 0ersonal favorite, mixing the Pinkman case with the dream tales. In the story Randolph Carter, a dreamer enters the dream lands by a physical gate on the physical world to the underground of the dreamlands and encounters various characters including Pinkman itself, who's now the "king" of the gouls, he also encounter many different beings on his way to the city of Kadath