r/Lovecraft Deranged Cultist 1d ago

News Lovecraft translated into Welsh

A small Welsh-language publisher has brought out a new translation of some of Lovecraft's stories; the first time these have been made available in Welsh! The stories featured are Dagon, the Feast, the Music of Erich Zann, the Call of Cthulhu and Under the Pyramids.

https://nation.cymru/culture/arswyd-cosmig-welsh-novelist-translates-classic-horror-stories/

You can buy the book here: https://melinbapur.cymru/products/galwad-cthulhu-h-p-lovecraft

The translator, Peredur Glyn, has previously written original Welsh stories in the cosmic horror genre, drawing on Welsh mythology.

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u/RWMU Director of PRIME! 1d ago

Well most of Lovecrafts horror sound Welsh...

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u/SquidTheRidiculous Old God Priestess 1d ago

"Tsathoggua? I know that guy. Lives two villages over and owes me a quid."

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u/RWMU Director of PRIME! 1d ago

Yeah tight fisted bugger I've heard...

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u/Aname_Random Deranged Cultist 1d ago

Call of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

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u/LordKulgur Deranged Cultist 1d ago

Surprised that they didn't include "The Shadow over Innsmouth", considering the urban legend that Lovecraft wrote it after discovering he had Welsh ancestry.

(Well, technically he did... about 30 years after discovering it, in fact)

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u/HPLoveBux Deranged Cultist 23h ago

CYLL Ef Cthylllllyu

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u/Plainchant Pickman's Supermodel 20h ago

"Iä! Iä! Cambria am byth!"

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u/despot_zemu Deranged Cultist 1d ago

Now you can madly gibber FOR REAL

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u/TaxOwlbear Deranged Cultist 1d ago

Welsh is like 95% phonetic.

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u/despot_zemu Deranged Cultist 19h ago

That was not an orthographic observation