Comments on: Ia ia Cthulhu fhtagn!

By: Sadus

Sadus — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:37:51 +0000

The finnish band Deathchain have also used lots and lots of Lovecraftian texts in their songs.
The Ancient And The Vile, Awaken…Horrors Of This Earth, Valley Of The Corpses, Titans Of Black Earth, Serpent Of The Deep and Incantations Of Shub-Niggurath. Those are the ones I´ve spotted out, and I think they call themselves Lovecraftian Death Metal? Anyone else heard of them?

By: Cradle Of Flith

Cradle Of Flith — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:47:16 +0000

this appears in one of my songs.

By: William Bancroft

William Bancroft — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:15:24 +0000

I’m pretty sure the correct translation is “Lord, Lord how I wish I had a real girlfriend.”

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:28:21 +0000

I love lovecraft

By: Michael Cook

Michael Cook — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:36:49 +0000

For Axel and Kevin, please post how you determined that “ia” means yes. I am not concerned about honesty, merely answers. For also, IO, in Latin, means “HEY!” Which was mentioned earlier in this post. The word “IO” is a name in Greek mythology as well. If H. P. Lovecraft had any knowledge of Latin (or Aleister Crowley’s poetry) I would be almost certain that “Ia” and “Io” were related in meanings as well as spellings.

Michael

By: Axel

Axel — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:25:46 +0000

Ia Ia Cthulhu Fhtagn!
means : yes, yes Cthulhu sleeps (dreams).

It’s a ritual shouting of the masses when the high-priest tells that cthulhu is only sleeping in R’lyeh and waiting to come back.

It’s also used as a greeting for other believers.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:33:01 +0000

I’a means ‘Yes.’

By: Clayton, Master of Trivia

Clayton, Master of Trivia — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:39:42 +0000

For those too lazy to read the entry:

Cthulhu is one of H.P. Lovecraft’s “Old Ones”: Cthulhu himself is a sort of god-priest for other gods, and resurrects them all to serve him (and enslave/destroy/make anew humanity) when he reawakens.

As far as I can tell, Iä (as it’s correctly spelled) has no literal meaning. It’s sort of a cry, like saying “Oh” when praying, except Iä seems to be used to call attention, while Oh is used to show reverence.

fhtagn is the last word in the following quote from Lovecraft’s short story “Call of Cthulhu”:
“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”, which the story itself translates to “In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”
So, fhtagn either means “wait” or “dream” in the progressive tense.

So, long post short…
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn! = Hey! Hey! Cthulhu waits! /Cthulhu dreams!

By: anyworld

anyworld — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:37:59 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu

By: Midian and flames

Midian and flames — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:12:40 +0000

What’s “Ia Ia Cthulhu Fhtagn!”??