A scholar assembles his late uncle's notes on a monstrous cult worshipping the sunken god Cthulhu, tracing dreams, a sailor's testimony, and a South Pacific island that should not exist.
Books mentioned in The Call of Cthulhu (3)
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer: “references to passages in such mythological and anthropological source-books as Frazer's _Golden Bough_ and Miss Murray's _Witch-Cult in Western Europe_.”
The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray: “references to passages in such mythological and anthropological source-books as Frazer's _Golden Bough_ and Miss Murray's _Witch-Cult in Western Europe_.”
Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by W. Scott-Elliot: “citations from theosophical books and magazines (notably W. Scott-Eliott's _Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria_)”