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Originally Posted by GrimGent
(An afterthought: you have presumably noticed that Lovecraft favoured the word "daemon" over "demon". In the Classical era, the term was of course neutral and didn't necessarily refer to evil, and as someone who loved Greek and Roman mythology HPL was very much aware of this.)
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It is also important to remember that Lovecraft was also an avowed
Materialist and
Rationalist which would preclude any sort Christian-based interpretation (whether that would be Christian or Satanist) of his Mythos. At least, it should preclude that.
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Originally Posted by darrick3909
i'd agree that Lovecraft might have been trying to put unknowable, alien forces into a perspective that humans could understand: evil personified by the creatures of darkness that oppose god and christianity. one can only go on about how beings are ineffable, unknowable, and indescribable so long before they leave absolutely no impression on the reader at all.
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Except that interpretation goes against what Lovecraft explicitly stated was his credo. It also goes against what he wrote. As was mentioned upthread, any G vs. E elements to the Mythos were introduced by August Dereleth, and they were introduced long after Lovecraft's death...because he himself was against the concepts.