The Shadow over Innsmouth
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The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft about a decaying seaside town harboring a monstrous secret tied to an ancient oceanic cult and human–fish hybrids.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shadow over Innsmouth canonical | 15 |
| "The Shadow over Innsmouth" | 2 |
| The Shadow over Innsmouth – H. P. Lovecraft | 1 |
| secret history of Innsmouth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1715080 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadow over Innsmouth Context triple: [H. P. Lovecraft, notableWork, The Shadow over Innsmouth]
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A.
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness is a 1936 horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a doomed Antarctic expedition uncovering ancient, cosmic terrors.
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B.
The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu is a seminal 1928 horror short story that introduced the cosmic entity Cthulhu and became a cornerstone of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
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C.
The Valley of Ghosts
The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
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D.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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E.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Shadow over Innsmouth Target entity description: The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft about a decaying seaside town harboring a monstrous secret tied to an ancient oceanic cult and human–fish hybrids.
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A.
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness is a 1936 horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a doomed Antarctic expedition uncovering ancient, cosmic terrors.
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B.
The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu is a seminal 1928 horror short story that introduced the cosmic entity Cthulhu and became a cornerstone of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
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C.
The Valley of Ghosts
The Valley of Ghosts is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, known for its suspenseful crime plot and atmospheric setting.
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D.
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King about a small town slowly overtaken by vampires.
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E.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a gothic horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft about a young man’s obsession with his necromancer ancestor and the dark secrets he uncovers in Providence, Rhode Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror novella
ⓘ
weird fiction story ⓘ |
| author | H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinMythos | late Cthulhu Mythos story ⓘ |
| climaxLocation | Innsmouth streets and seaport ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCult | Esoteric Order of Dagon ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Cthulhu
ⓘ
Dagon ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalPlace | Innsmouth ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | Deep Ones ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Visionary Publishing Company ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmic horror
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
audio drama adaptations
ⓘ
comic adaptations ⓘ role-playing game scenarios ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain Obed Marsh
ⓘ
Zadok Allen ⓘ |
| influenced | later Lovecraftian horror works ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Lovecraft’s visit to Newburyport, Massachusetts
ⓘ
New England coastal towns ⓘ
linked to:
New England coastline
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| narrativePerson | first-person ⓘ |
| originalMedium | book ⓘ |
| partOf | Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ |
| plotElement |
decaying seaside town
ⓘ
human–fish hybrids ⓘ oceanic cult ⓘ |
| printRun | 200 copies ⓘ |
| publicDomainStatus | public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| publisherType | small press ⓘ |
| resolutionElement | government raid on Innsmouth ⓘ |
| setting | Innsmouth ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| settingType | fictional town ⓘ |
| structure | frame narrative with investigation ⓘ |
| theme |
degeneration
ⓘ
forbidden knowledge ⓘ human–nonhuman hybridization ⓘ miscegenation ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shadow over Innsmouth Description of subject: The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft about a decaying seaside town harboring a monstrous secret tied to an ancient oceanic cult and human–fish hybrids.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Necronomicon (fictional grimoire)
linked to: The Shadow over Innsmouth
linked to: The Shadow over Innsmouth
linked to: The Shadow over Innsmouth