{"id":88,"date":"2020-06-30T16:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/?p=88"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:46:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:46:08","slug":"letezik-e-a-necronomicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/2020\/06\/30\/letezik-e-a-necronomicon\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e9tezik-e a Necronomicon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Orion 2005.04.11. 10:58<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lovecraft leveleib\u0151l kider\u00fcl a v\u00e1lasz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lovecraft al\u00e1bbi leveleinek r\u00e9szletei rem\u00e9lhet\u0151leg tiszt\u00e1zz\u00e1k a z\u0171rzavart a Necronomicon<\/em> k\u00f6r\u00fcl. Megtal\u00e1lhatjuk benn\u00fck az Abdul Alhazred n\u00e9v eredet\u00e9t, \u00e9s azokat a t\u00e9nyeket, amelyek v\u00e1laszt adnak arra a k\u00e9rd\u00e9sre, hogy kital\u00e1ci\u00f3-e csup\u00e1n a var\u00e1zsk\u00f6nyv. A v\u00e1lasz: igen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c9s akkor k\u00f6vetkezzenek a levelek:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

To Edwin Baird (February 3, 1924):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one time I formed a juvenile collection of Oriental pottery and objects d’art, announcing myself as a devout Mohammedan and assuming the pseudonym of „Abdul Alhazred”–which you will recognise as the author of that mythical Necronomicon<\/em> which I drag into various of my tales.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Robert E. Howard (August 14, 1930):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the solemnly cited myth-cycle of Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, R’lyeh, Nyarlathotep, Nug, Yeb, Shub-Niggurath, etc., etc.–let me confess that this is all a synthetic concotion of my own, like the populous and varied pantheon of Lord Dunsany’s Pegana<\/em>. The reason for its echoes in Dr. de Castro’s work is that the latter gentleman is a revision-client of mine–into whose tales I have stuck these glancing references for sheer fun. If any other clients of mine get work placed in W.T., you will perhaps find a still-wider spread of the cult of Azathoth, Cthulhu, and the Great Old Ones! The Necronomicon<\/em> of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred is likewise something which must yet be written in order to possess objective reality. Abdul is a favourite dream-character of mine–indeed that is what I used to call myself when I was five years old and a transported devotee of Andrew Lang’s version of the Arabian Nights. A few years ago I prepared a mock-erudite synopsis of Abdul’s life, and of the posthumous vicissitudes and translations of his hideous and unmentionable work Al Azif<\/em>…–a synopsis which I shall follow in future references to the dark and accursed thing. Long has alluded to the Necronomicon<\/em> in some things of his–in fact, I think it is rather good fun to have this artificial mythology given an air of verisimilitude by wide citation. I ought, though, to write Mr. O’Neail and disabuse him of the idea that there is a large blind spot in his mythological erudition!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Robert E. Howard (October 4, 1930):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…I read the Arabian Nights at the age of five. In those days I used to dress up in a turban, burnt-cork a beard on my face, and call myself by the synthetic name (Allah only knows where I got it!) of Abdul Alhazred<\/em> — which I later revived, in memory of old times, to confer on the hypothetical author of the hypothetical Necronomicon!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Robert E. Howard (May 7, 1932):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for writing the Necronomicon<\/em>–I wish I had the energy and ingenuity to do it! I fear it would be quite a job in view of the very diverse passages and intimations which I have in the course of time attributed to it! I might, though, issue an abridged Necronomicon<\/em>–containing such parts as are considered at least reasonably safe for the perusal of mankind! When von Juntz’s Black Book and the poems of Justin Geoffrey are on the market, I shall certainly have to think about the immortalisation of old Abdul!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Robert Bloch (May 9, 1933):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way — there is no „Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred”. That hellish & forbidden volume is an imaginative conception of mine, which others of the W.T. group have also used as a background of allusion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Robert Bloch (early to mid July 1933):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the „Necronomicon” — this month’s triple use of such allusions is bringing me in an unusual number of inquiries concerning the real nature & obtainability of Alhazred’s, Eibon’s, & von Junzt’s works. In each case I am frankly confessing the fakery involved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Miss Margaret Sylvester (January 13, 1934):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the Necronomicon<\/em>–I must confess that this monstrous & abhorred volume is merely a figment of my own imagination! Inventing horrible books is quite a pastime among devotees of the weird, & . . . . . many of the regular W.T.<\/em> contributors have such things to their credit–or discredit. It rather amuses the different writers to use one another’s synthetic demons & imaginary books in their stories–so that Clark Ashton Smith often speaks of my Necronomicon<\/em> while I refer to his Book of Eibon<\/em> . . & so on. This pooling of resources tends to build up quite a pseudo-convincing background of dark mythology, legendry, & bibliography–though of course none of us has the least wish actually to mislead readers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Robert H. Barlow (August 14, 1934):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[P.S.] Just had 2 more enquiries as to the reality of the Necronomicon!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To William Frederick Anger (August 14, 1934):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the dreaded Necronomicon<\/em> of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred–I must confess that both the evil volume & the accursed author are fictitious creatures of my own–as are the malign entities of Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath, &c. Tsathoggua & the Book of Eibon<\/em> are inventions of Clark Ashton Smith, while Friedrich von Junzt & his monstrous Unaussprechlichen Kulten<\/em> originated in the fertile brain of Robert E. Howard. For the fun of building up a convincing cycle of synthetic folklore, all of our gang frequently allude to the pet daemons of the others–thus Smith uses my Yog-Sothoth, while I use his Tsathoggua. Also, I sometimes insert a devil or two of my own in the tales I revise or ghost-write for professional clients. Thus our black pantheon acquires an extensive publicity & pseudo-authoritativeness it would not otherwise get. We never, however, try to put it across as an actual hoax; but always carefully explain to enquirers that it is 100% fiction. In order to avoid ambiguity in my references to the Necronomicon<\/em> I have drawn up a brief synopsis of its ‘history’… All this gives it a sort of air of verisimilitude.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Willis Conover (July 29, 1936):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now about the „terrible and forbidden books”–I am forced to say that most of them are purely imaginary. There never was any Abdul Alhazred or Necronomicon,<\/em> for I invented these names myself. Robert Bloch devised the idea of Ludvig Prinn and his De Vermis Mysteriis,<\/em> while the Book of Eibon<\/em> is an invention of Clark Ashton Smith’s. The late Robert E. Howard is responsible for Friedrich von Junzt and his Unaussprechlichen Kulten<\/em>….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As for seriously-written books on dark, occult, and supernatural themes–in all truth they don’t amount to much. That is why it’s more fun to invent mythical works like the Necronomicon<\/em> and Book of Eibon<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To Harry O. Fischer (late February, 1937):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name „Abdul Alhazred” is one which some adult (I can’t recall who) devised for me when I was 5 years old & eager to be an Arab after reading the Arabian Nights. Years later I thought it would be fun to use it as the name of a forbidden-book author. The name Necronomicon<\/em>… occurred to me in the course of a dream.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Hab\u00e1r Lovecraft csak ideiglenesen akarta elterjeszteni olvas\u00f3i k\u00f6r\u00e9ben a hiedelmeket a Necronomicon<\/em>r\u00f3l, m\u00e9gis egy olyan k\u00e9rd\u00e9st hagyott maga ut\u00e1n, mely sokak sz\u00e1m\u00e1ra \u00f6r\u00f6kre megv\u00e1laszolatlan maradt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orion 2005.04.11. 10:58 Lovecraft leveleib\u0151l kider\u00fcl a v\u00e1lasz. Lovecraft al\u00e1bbi leveleinek r\u00e9szletei rem\u00e9lhet\u0151leg tiszt\u00e1zz\u00e1k a z\u0171rzavart a Necronomicon k\u00f6r\u00fcl. Megtal\u00e1lhatjuk benn\u00fck az Abdul Alhazred n\u00e9v eredet\u00e9t, \u00e9s azokat a t\u00e9nyeket, amelyek v\u00e1laszt adnak arra a k\u00e9rd\u00e9sre, hogy kital\u00e1ci\u00f3-e csup\u00e1n a var\u00e1zsk\u00f6nyv. A v\u00e1lasz: igen. \u00c9s akkor k\u00f6vetkezzenek a levelek:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15,13,20],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cthulhu","tag-cthulhu","tag-cikkek","tag-erdekes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tb.ronilo.hu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}