Talk:Carcosa

Carcosa and the Cthulhu mythos

In which story/by which mythos author does Hastur merge parts of earth with Carcosa? I'm quite curious, being largely unfamiliar with the mythos.

Merged Lake Hali

The following is the merge history from Lake Hali.
-,-~^R'lyehRising~-,- 03:25, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

• 23:20, 6 February 2006 RlyehRising (mrg into Carcosa, chg to redr)
• 20:02, 27 January 2006 RlyehRising (cpyedt, dab lnk, +hd's, +unref, chg stub, chg cat, rm Darkover ref to Hali dab pg)
• 22:47, 19 December 2005 Alexander 007
• 13:58, 22 November 2005 Bluebot m (Robot: Changing category Cthulhu Mythos)
• 16:09, 21 October 2005 209.197.56.250
• 13:59, 27 May 2005 MakeRocketGoNow (+2 cat.)
• 19:50, 2 March 2005 Ceyockey m
• 04:56, 13 February 2005 Grutness m
• 02:24, 7 October 2004 216.26.75.115
• 02:19, 7 October 2004 216.26.75.115

Merged Lake of Hali

I found an uncategorized article called "Lake of Hali" and changed it to a redirect. It contained very little information that could be merged into the article, so I have chosen not to include a page history. One sentence in the Lake of Hali article (contributed by an anon user) contained info I can't substantiate. What is John Tynes' Hastur Mythos?

The Lake was later referred to in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and developed more extensively in John Tynes's Hastur Mythos.

-,-~^R'lyehRising~-,- 03:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Lake of Hali and Derleth's theories

"In some reference materials it is implied that the extraterrestrial lake Hali is not in fact composed of water, but of a gas such as air rendered semi-liquid due to the low temperature of its world (or for more inexplicable reasons). August Derleth's system of elemental attributions for the entities of the Mythos associates Hastur, the inhabitant of Hali, with the element of Air, and this "lake of vapor" may be an attempt to establish the connection."

This section seems to imply that Robert W. Chambers described the Lake of Hali in order to conform to August Derleth's theories regarding the Mythos and the four elements. But since Chambers wrote the story 14 years before Derleth's birth, and then was fortunate enough to die about 25 years before Derleth could start theorizing about him, this seems unlikely. The contributor may have meant that Derleth claimed this connection somewhere, but since there is no citation to work from and since the paragraph has already set off the OR detector of at least one other editor, I'm removing it. If Derleth claimed this, then quote him. 173.58.37.123 (talk) 21:33, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

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Darkover

Marion Zimmer Bradley (and Diana L. Paxson since Bradley's death) also used these names in her Darkover series.

Which ones? There is a clan Hastur, whose stronghold may be on Lake Hali; but is Carcosa also mentioned? —Tamfang (talk) 19:34, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Gustave Nadaud's Carcassonne

Reading this fan-zine on the inspirations for Carcosa, it mentions Carcassonne, published in 1870 within Henri Plon's Songs of Naduad, as a possible inspiration for Carcosa. I've looked at a couple of tertiary sources but cannot find any mention of this connection. Is anyone aware of a better source discussing this connection? Piotr iskander (talk) 07:13, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I remember reading some time ago about Carcassonne as inspiration for Carcosa. I will try to track back to where I read it. If I manage to, I will share it so it can be added. Ballard7 (talk) 16:36, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Video Game DiscoPup

The video game DiscoPup (released July 25th, 2025) features an area in the game called Carcosa, and references the King in Yellow in dialogue. The best source I could find for this was the video essay "The Indie Game That Made Me Lose My Mind" by eurothug4000 on YouTube, where the references are mentioned and shown via game clips starting from 34.47. The metastory element of the King in Yellow is also paralleled in the way the game reveals itself to be a scripted movie/play within itself. Elodieeeeee (talk) 18:36, 7 November 2025 (UTC)