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This subject contains information from the "Lovecraft Circle" Myth Cycles, and while guided by HPL are not based on his work alone. Cytharion, also known as Cytharion of the Seven Suns, is a mystical realm located somewhere "beyond the Milky Way and the Arinurian Streams", mentioned in the story "The Crawling Chaos" by H. P. Lovecraft. Cytharion is somewhere adjacent to the realm of Teloe, both of which are described as beautiful utopias inhabited by benevolent deities and favored mortals.

Cytharion and Teloe were part of an apocalyptic vision of the future experienced by the unnamed narrator of the story under the influence of opium, so their literal existence may or may not be taken for granted in the context of the Mythos.

Behind the Mythos[]

According to The Whisperer in Darkness and other sources, Nyarlathotep also dwells in a "world of Seven Suns", which is named Abbith in the expanded Mythos. However, Nyarlathotep is not mentioned in "The Crawling Chaos" (despite the story's title matching one of his most common aliases).

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