Lovecraft only ever hints at the book, making the first reference to it in his short story 'The Hound' in 1924. As Lovecraft translates it, the Necronomicon means 'An Image of the Law of the Dead’ however, a better etymology would be 'A Book Classifying the Dead.’ The idea for the Necronomicon, as well as its fictional author, came to it's creator, H.P.
There are no known surviving copies, which may be a good thing! Origin A book bound in human flesh and inked in blood, a book filled with spells to raise the dead and summon ancient creatures, the Necronomicon inflicts insanity and even death upon its readers.Īs the story goes, the Necronomicon was written by the 'Mad Arab' Abdul Alhazred and is over 1000 pages long.
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