Lavos is shown to have some manipulation over time and space, every time the party encounters it in its own surrounding pocket dimension, or what seems like some surrounding distortion of reality. Though in the Cthulhu mythos, life on Earth was seeded by a race of super-advanced aliens that later in the mythos are dubbed "Elder Things", and where said to possibly breed, create, or influence human evolution "just because" or as a joke. Although this comparison is a stretch I admit. In the Cthulhu mythos, Yog-Sothoth interbreeds with humans, and the Deep Ones are a race of fish people who serve Cthulhu and Dagon who interbreed with humans. In Chrono Cross, human evolution and mental development are altered by having their minds touched by Lavos. In Chrono Trigger, this is kinda what happens to Queen Zeal, some NPCs noted that she had changed over night upon having Lavos touch her mind. Other Great Old Ones touch the minds of followers in similar ways. People touched by these dreams are often afflicted by madness, which sometimes leads to worshipping Cthulhu. In "Call of Cthulhu", Cthulhu's mind touches various people around the world, making them dream of Cthulhu and his sunken city tomb R'lyeh. ![]() The Great Old Ones are known for this, and this is how they gather worshippers. Lavos touches the minds of humans, often resulting in insanity. You also have dreamstone and "Radical Dreamers" and a lot of talk about dreams on the Omen and Zeal. Dreams can even create beings like Masa and Mune. In the Chrono series dreams are a motif as well. Lavos is also said to be sleeping within the core of the planet, and Queen Zeal often refers to Lavos as "dreaming", when Magus tries to summon Lavos in 600 A.D, he mentions Lavos being asleep.ĭreams in general are a huge motif in the Cthulhu mythos as well as Lovecraft's general body of work. The "Great Old Ones" in the Cthulhu mythos are said to come from elsewhere in the cosmos, they brought their idols with them, and because somehow the "stars aren't right", they lie in the deep places of the Earth, dead and dreaming, waiting to awaken and reclaim their dominion over Earth and in the process destroy or enslave humanity. Cthulhu himself in "Call of Cthulhu" is actually said to be a high priest of an even greater power. Many of Lovecraft's monsters such as Cthulhu are often said to be tremendously powerful aliens that could be seen as, or pass as gods. The people from Zeal refer to Lavos as a god, which of course was cut from the NA version, and Schala in the original was said to "pray" to the Mammon Machine. Lavos is a magic alien from space that is seen as a god. Here are some features of Lavos that stand out to me as being very "Lovecraftian": Plenty of other beings in various media have been inspired by the "Cthulhu mythos" beings and have similar properties and share many of these themes-such as the Great Ones from Bloodborne, the Horrorterrors from Homestuck, and Kyuubey(actually Kyuubey reminds me of Lavos in terms of tampering with humanity and dreams). It should be noted the distinction between the two is something established later in the mythos, especially by the "Call of Cthulhu" rpg. Shubb-Niggurath is dubious, but later established to be an Outer God. "Outer Gods" are more like "true gods" and their presence and being expands or supersedes the universe.Įxamples of established Great Old Ones include Cthulhu, Hastur, Bokrug, Dagon, Yig, Cthuga, Rhan-Tegoth, Chaugnar Faugn, Ithaqua, and Tsathoggua.Įxamples of established Outer Gods include Nyarlathotep, Azathoth, and Yog-Sothoth. I will use the term "Great Old One" to refer specifically to god-like beings in the mythos that seem to inhabit planets and such. Lovecraft himself also alluded to his friend's works and works that influenced him into the shared mythology. Something to note before I elaborate further, to those of you not that familiar with the Cthulhu mythos: H.P Lovecraft started the Cthulhu mythos in 1920s, but encouraged his friends and other authors to expand upon the "shared mythology", and to continue to do so even after his death. I wish more people made the connection and made "Ia ia Lavos fhtagn" jokes. I am very familiar with Lovecraft's works and the Cthulhu mythos, and as a huge fan of that I do see Lavos as a Cthulhu-esque being. So it might still fit with being some kind of eldritch abomination species. I think Lavos is just one out of a species of "parasites" as implied by the release of spawn. However does Lavos work as a "Great Old One"? Lavos is obviously heavily inspired by Cthulhu, there's a thread on it in the real world influences. I know everyone has a Lavos theory here, so I want to share my own.
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