Editing Dreamlands

''This is about Lovecraft's Dreamlands setting. For the Emperor's Nightmare short story, see [[Dreamlands (Story)]].''

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The '''Dreamlands''' are a dimension that [[H.P. Lovecraft]] used as the setting for his Dream Cycle, a set of stories that are basically the closest Lovecraft ever got to writing conventional fantasy. The most well-known and longest of these stories is the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

In summary, the Dreamlands are a parallel dimension similar to Earth, but much more overtly magical and fantastical. Humans can learn to project themselves into the Dreamlands as they sleep, and even to bodily move there, whilst certain magical entities, such as [[cat]]s and [[ghoul]]s, can freely travel between the worlds.

==Notable Creatures==
* Buopoths
* Butterfly Dragons
* [[Cat (Dreamlands)|Cats]]
* Fireworms of Paarg
* Lamp-Efts
* [[Leng Spider|Spiders of Leng]]
* [[Leng Folk|Folk of Leng]]
* [[Zoog]]s
* [[Gnor]]ri
* Wamps
* [[Gug]]s
* [[Moon-Beast]]s
* [[Night-Gaunt]]s
* Haemophores
* Marag Birds
* [[Ghast]]s
* [[Ghoul]]s

==In Gaming==
The Dreamlands have appeared as part of the [[Call of Cthulhu]] RPG, with absolutely every creature ever mentioned by Lovecraft getting stats and expanded lore.

Strange Aeons, the [[Yog-Sothothery]]-flavored [[Adventure Path]] for [[Pathfinder]], features the party traveling to the Dreamlands.

[[Sandy Petersen|S.Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos]] [[splatbook]] for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] makes considerable reference to the Dreamlands, and in fact introduces four player races native to that realm; the [[Dreamlands Cat]], the [[Gnor]], the Mythosian [[Ghoul]], and the [[Zoog]].

==Gallery==
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landscape Dreamlands 3e.jpg|Zebras are the mount of choice in the Dreamlands.
ulthar Eldritch Horror.jpg|Ulthar, beyond the River Skai, where no man may kill a cat.
dylath-leen Eldritch Horror.jpg|The port of Dylath-Leen, which is visited by black galleys from Leng.
the moon Eldritch Horror.jpg|A fungal grotto on the dark side of the moon.
Forest of Zoogs tom ardans.jpg|The dread circle in the enchanted wood of the [[Zoog]]s, where elder beings dance and sacrifice.
Ngranek God Face tom ardans.jpg|The face of a god carved into the side of Mt. Ngranek on the island of Oriab.
City of Gugs FFG.jpg|The terrible kingdom of the [[Gug]]s, in the underworld, underneath the forest of the Zoogs.
Sarnath FFG.jpg|The doomed city of Sarnath in the land of Mnar, before it sank beneath the waters of a namelesss lake.
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==External Links==
* https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dreamlands
* https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Dream_Cycle

[[Category: Cthulhu Mythos]]