I am an absolute newbie here, but what helped me, beyond reading the basic Lovecraft writings like "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Dunwich Horror" is to visit the HP Lovecraft Wikia site and learn about the Outer Gods, the Great Old Ones and the other elements of the Mythos.
I am an absolute newbie here, but what helped me, beyond reading the basic Lovecraft writings like "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Dunwich Horror" is to visit the HP Lovecraft Wikia site and learn about the Outer Gods, the Great Old Ones and the other elements of the Mythos.
https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page
I hope this helps, and if this is not acceptable to the forum admins, please feel free to remove.