Innsmouth

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Innsmouth is a fictional, decaying New England seaport town in H. P. Lovecraft’s horror fiction, notorious for its sinister cults and inhuman inhabitants.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Innsmouth canonical 12
Innsmouth, Massachusetts 2
streets of Innsmouth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ
setting in horror fiction ⓘ
appearsInWork The Dunwich Horror (mentioned) ⓘ
linked to: The Dunwich Horror

The Shadow over Innsmouth ⓘ
The Thing on the Doorstep ⓘ
The Whisperer in Darkness (mentioned) ⓘ
basedOn Gloucester, Massachusetts (inspiration) ⓘ
Marblehead, Massachusetts (inspiration) ⓘ
Newburyport, Massachusetts (inspiration) ⓘ
linked to: Newburyport
country United States (fictional setting) ⓘ
creator H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
event arrest and internment of inhabitants (in-story) ⓘ
destruction of parts of the town by explosives (in-story) ⓘ
federal government raid in 1928 (in-story) ⓘ
firstAppearanceIn The Shadow over Innsmouth ⓘ
genre cosmic horror ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
governedBy Marsh family (local power) ⓘ
hasEconomy fishing industry ⓘ
gold and jewelry trade with Deep Ones (in-story) ⓘ
hasFeature Marsh refinery ⓘ
fish-processing plants ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
ramshackle houses ⓘ
refinery ⓘ
hasReligion Esoteric Order of Dagon ⓘ
hasStructure Esoteric Order of Dagon hall ⓘ
Gilman House hotel ⓘ
Marsh family mansion ⓘ
influenced later horror fiction depictions of decaying seaside towns ⓘ
role-playing game settings in Call of Cthulhu ⓘ
various film and television adaptations inspired by The Shadow over Innsmouth ⓘ
inUniverseStatus largely abandoned after federal raid ⓘ
language English (in-universe primary language) ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts (fictional setting) ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts

New England (fictional setting) ⓘ
linked to: New England
notableFor decaying seaport environment ⓘ
hybrid human–Deep One population ⓘ
inhuman inhabitants ⓘ
sinister cults ⓘ
partOf Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
populationCharacteristic Innsmouth Look (distinctive appearance) ⓘ
inbreeding ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century (primary setting) ⓘ
worships Cthulhu ⓘ
Dagon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cthulhu Mythos → includesLocation → Innsmouth ⓘ
Deep Ones → locatedNear → Innsmouth ⓘ
Deep Ones → associatedLocation → Innsmouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Innsmouth
Arkham → relatedTo → Innsmouth ⓘ
Esoteric Order of Dagon → hasPrimarySetting → Innsmouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Innsmouth
Captain Obed Marsh → homeTown → Innsmouth ⓘ
Zadok Allen → residence → Innsmouth ⓘ
Zadok Allen → settingOfActivity → streets of Innsmouth ⓘ
linked to: Innsmouth