Khalk'ru

Khalk'ru is a fictional extra-dimensional creature created by Abraham Merritt for his novel Dwellers in the Mirage.
==Description==
This dark octopoid horror is worshiped as a god by the Uighur people who inhabit the Gobi Desert, and whose ancestors migrated to both Europe (giving rise to the Norse people and their legends of the Kraken) and to Alaska, where they settled within a hidden warm valley, unknown to the outside world.
Khalk'ru can be summoned from its native dimension by a mysterious ring bearing its image. When summoned, it will be offered sacrifices, generally in the form of young women whose bodies are consumed entirely. Although Khalk'ru's followers treat it as a single deity, Leif Langdon speculates that there might be several such creatures, any of which might appear to answer the summoning.
While Langdon has expressed doubts about how powerful Khalk'ru actually is, its followers believe that it is a force of chaos and entropy, antagonistic to the very principle of life, and that it was responsible for turning the formerly lush lands of the Gobi into the desert that it is today. (: Dwellers in the Mirage)
==Connection to the Mythos==
An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia suggests that Khalk'ru, as an "extra-dimensional octopus demon," may be "an analogue to Cthulhu."An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, "Merritt, A[braham]," by S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz (Hippocampus Press, 2004).
==Gallery==
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Khal'kru (cropped).jpg|Khalk'ru, by Patrick Woodroffe
==References==
Category:Characters Originating From Mythos-Inspired Works
Category:Other Supernatural Beings
Category:Extra-Dimensional Characters