I was going to post this under Things that Go Bump in the Night, but I thought it would be better to put it in a more visible place.

The Necronomicon is an ancient spellbook written by Ahmed Azif, the mad Arab, right? Sorta.

Lovecraft created the Necronomicon and its entire history for use in his writings. It comes from Greek: Necros=dead, nomos=law, eikon=image, Necronomicon= image of the law of the dead.

Several books titled Necronomicon have been printed, but they are all fabrications of an author trying to make money off of Lovecraft's reference to it. Anyone saying I'm wrong will be referred to webpages with extensive Lovecraft/Necronomicon info. Hope I could clear things up.

Anyone claiming you're wrong will be made fun of until their tears make their black eyeliner run.

I always thought that the necronomicon was supposed to have been written by osiris, not some mad arab.

No, you're confusing it with the Egyptian Book of the Dead which is for real.

Necro = Dead
Nom = Name
Icon = Book

Book of dead names. That's what it means. So go ahead Z, make my black eyeliner run.

Oh yeah, and, it was written by the Mad Arab which is why it's intro is called Testimony of the Mad Arab.

<groans>

The Necronomicon was written by Azif, just like Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star. It's fictional.

As far as the entymology I gave, it may not be perfect but it is taken from a quote by Lovecraft.

Umm, I dont wanna sound stupid, but......wha? Do you mean that ugly ass book from that corny Bruce Campbell movie? I'LL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!!!!

Hehe, those movies were fucked up. That book had the same name. Because of its infamy it's just a really popular name for evil books.

"Well, maybe I didn't say every last little syllable!"-Ash, Evild Dead III

*punches Atomic in the nose*

There ya go, biotch.

I'll bust a nut in your eye to show you where I'm from.

That's right. Z3M is cool because he can write San Francisco on your face when he nuts.

Word up, G.

Well I'm gonna laugh at him 'cause he called me a beeotch. Beeotch is a stupid word for little mama's boys who are frightened of the word bitch.

Actually he caleld you Biotch which is derived from the Latin <b>Gladius Dei</b>, meaning "Sword of God." His chant was a sacred and secret code word that shall bring down the most Holy Inquistion of the Catholic Church upon you, for we know that you are Satan and an affront to God and man, Stand thee down and Satan get get behind for I shall fear no evil as I walk thoruoh the valley in the shadow of death for I am The Pumpkin King ma Nigga.'

Word.

Speak truth, brother.

And may the hand of the lord give you the reach around whenever possible.

hey atomic zagnut i dont know where u got that from but im half greek so i should know:

necro= death
nomos= law
icon= image

so gravehead was right and i suggest u know wut ur talking about before u go on talking like u know wut ur talking about, u know?

if u disaggre ask anyone who speaks greek

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someone back me up lets make his black eyeliner run

ok guys i was just informed that this is correct:

necros= death
nomicon= legal (or anything that has to do with the law)

i was just told this by my dad who speaks much more greek than me

im gonna go and buy the necronomicon from barnes and nobles tomorrow. on their web page, i found many versions of it by many different authors including Edward Simon, Al Azif, who i believe is the original author, H.R. Giger, and Robert Silverberg

which one should i get?

Thanks for the support Unstable (like I didn't know what I was talking about

You should definitely look through whatever copy you might buy. Anything called The Necronomicon really only serves novelty purposes (if you believe in the real power of spells, you won't find them in there). The first one published was 10 pages, each in a dead language, repeated over and over. Just find one that suits whatever you want to use it for.

Get the Lovecraft one, H.P. kicks ass