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The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of Kitab al-Azif, is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers.
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🐙 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.
"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.
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.
Sep 1, 2020 · In 950 AD, a rare copy fell into the hands of Theodorus Philetas, a fictional scholar from Constantinople. Philetas later translated the book into Greek and renamed it, the Necronomicon, or “book of the laws of the dead.”.
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.
