Editing R'lyeh (section)

==Description==

{{quote|The nightmare corpse-city of R'lyeh...was built in measureless eons behind history by the vast, loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars. There lay great Cthulhu and his hordes, hidden in green slimy vaults.|H. P. Lovecraft, "[[The Call of Cthulhu]]" (1928)}}

[[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] sailor [[The Call of Cthulhu#Gustaf Johansen|Gustaf Johansen]], the narrator of one of the tales in the short story, describes the accidental discovery of the city: "a coast-line of mingled mud, ooze, and weedy [[Cyclopean masonry]] which can be nothing less than the tangible substance of earth's supreme terror—the nightmare corpse-city of R'lyeh...loathsomely redolent of spheres and dimensions apart from ours".<ref name="The Call of Cthulhu">H. P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu" (1928)</ref> The short story also asserts the premise that while currently trapped in R'lyeh, Cthulhu will eventually return, with worshipers often repeating the phrase ''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn'': "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming".<ref name="The Call of Cthulhu"/>

Lovecraft claims R'lyeh is located at {{Coord|47|9|S|126|43|W|type:city_region:XP_scale:30000000|name=R'lyeh fictional location (Lovecraft)|display=it}} in the southern Pacific Ocean.<ref name="The Call of Cthulhu"/> Writer [[August Derleth]], a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, placed R'lyeh at about {{Coord|49|51|S|128|34|W|type:city_region:XP_scale:30000000|name=R'lyeh fictional location (Derleth)}}.<ref>Derleth, A. ''The Black Island'' (1952)</ref> The latter coordinates place the city approximately {{convert|5100|nmi|km}} from the actual island of [[Pohnpei]] (Ponape), the location of the fictional "[[Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature#Ponape Scripture|Ponape Scripture]]". Both locations are close to the Pacific [[Pole of inaccessibility#Oceanic pole of inaccessibility|pole of inaccessibility]] ({{Coord|48|52.6|S|123|23.6|W|type:waterbody_region:XP_scale:30000000|name=Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility}}), the point in the ocean farthest from any land mass.