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 cats and ghouls, can freely travel between the worlds.
Notable Creatures
- Buopoths
- Butterfly Dragons
- Cats
- Fireworms of Paarg
- Lamp-Efts
- Spiders of Leng
- Folk of Leng
- Zoogs
- Gnorri
- Wamps
- Gugs
- Moon-Beasts
- Night-Gaunts
- Haemophores
- Marag Birds
- Ghasts
- Ghouls
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.
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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Zebras are the mount of choice in the Dreamlands.
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Ulthar, beyond the River Skai, where no man may kill a cat.
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The port of Dylath-Leen, which is visited by black galleys from Leng.
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A fungal grotto on the dark side of the moon.
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The dread circle in the enchanted wood of the Zoogs, where elder beings dance and sacrifice.
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The face of a god carved into the side of Mt. Ngranek on the island of Oriab.
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The terrible kingdom of the Gugs, in the underworld, underneath the forest of the Zoogs.
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The doomed city of Sarnath in the land of Mnar, before it sank beneath the waters of a namelesss lake.
