Talk:Deities & Demigods

Other Pantheons & Artists

If anyone knows the other pantheons covered in the book, please add them. Some were pretty obscure, so I can't remember them. Also, if you know the other artists who contributed to the volume, please add them as well. Thanks! —Frecklefoot 18:31, 16 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Public Domain and Cthulhu Mythos

It's best to say TSR believed the Cthulhu Mythos was public domain. To assert that it was requires original research.

Agreed, the sentence could be clearer. At the time, many people believed the Mythos was public domain, and the pre-1923 short stories are -- see Letting the Monsters Out: The Cthulhu Mythos and Intellectual Property Rights for non-original research on the subject. — Catherine\^talk 15:46, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Anything pre-1923 is automatically public domain. Most (if not all) of HPL's work is also public domain, as early copyrights required renewals, and nobody ever renewed those stories... no one has ever turned up anyone anywhere renewing these stories, which means they weren't, as they had to be filed that way. It is only newer creations in the Mythos by other authors... like, say, the Cthonians... which are covered by copyright. Of course the part about nonrenewal of copyrights is somewhat original researchy because the people at Arkham House like to lie about the status of the copyrights. They have never been able to show a renewal of any of them, which is required. Of course all this probably is too much for this particular article anyway. DreamGuy 20:16, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Indian mythos

I think these were removed eary on (for fear of causing offence ?) Anyone know. Rich Farmbrough 19:19, 15 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

They were removed and it may be for the reason you state, since some native Americans still practice the religion(s) they were based on. But we need some verification before we insert that info into the article. — Frecklefoot | Talk 21:51, 15 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]