H.P. Lovecraft - Rhye | Queen - Serious Discussion

jack ab 27 June 2005 07:17 · Member since September 2004

QUOTE FROM QUEENZONE.com

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What does &quot;Seven Seas of Rhye&quot; mean? It's not in my dictionary

Rhye is an Ancient Mythical God from the sea invented by the American Gothic novelist H.P. Lovecraft. Rhye is one of the many mythical characters in Lovecraft's tales.

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I was wondering which Lovecraft book mentions &quot;Rhye&quot;? and if anybody knows if it has any relevance to the lyrics of the song.

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Serry... 27 June 2005 07:29 · Member since October 2004

Wikipedia says: ''The song is about Freddie Mercury's childhood fantasy world named Rhye''

Though I'm not sure about it. On Russian Rhye - means Heaven and I don't know where this word came to our language from...

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LifeKiller 27 June 2005 07:36 · Member since August 2002

Isn't Rhye a kind of god?!

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queenie bopper 27 June 2005 22:47 · Member since December 2004

Where did Freddie state that Rhye was his fantasy world?

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Mr Drowse 28 June 2005 03:25 · Member since April 2005

queenie bopper wrote:
Where did Freddie state that Rhye was his fantasy world?

Yes, where did he say that?

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The King Of Rhye 29 June 2005 04:10 · Member since August 2004

I thought it was Ryleh (or something like that) in Lovecraft.....

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Mr Drowse 29 June 2005 09:01 · Member since April 2005

The King Of Rhye wrote:
I thought it was Ryleh (or something like that) in Lovecraft.....

Well, according to your nickname you should know. You just don't wanna tell us, right? ;)

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Mr Drowse 29 June 2005 09:05 · Member since April 2005

Hah! I found out where Rhye is by looking at the King of Rhye's profile. Rhye has got to be somewhere in Michigan :D

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The King Of Rhye 30 June 2005 04:57 · Member since August 2004

Mr Drowse wrote:
Hah! I found out where Rhye is by looking at the King of Rhye's profile. Rhye has got to be somewhere in Michigan :D

Yeah, there you go! :)

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Mr Drowse 30 June 2005 08:21 · Member since April 2005

The King Of Rhye wrote:
Mr Drowse wrote:
Hah! I found out where Rhye is by looking at the King of Rhye's profile. Rhye has got to be somewhere in Michigan :D

Yeah, there you go! :)

I knew it! :)

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The King Of Rhye 03 July 2005 05:38 · Member since August 2004

this is from Wikipedia...(paraphrased somewhat)

R'lyeh is a fictional city that first appeared in the writings of HP Lovecraft....a sunken city under the Pacific Ocean where the godlike being Cthulhu resides....characterized by an architecture based on non Euclidean geometry...

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jack ab 06 July 2005 04:58 · Member since September 2004

So Mercury probably didn't read the book?

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Ray D O'Gaga 06 July 2005 20:06 · Member since July 2002

anarchya wrote:
So Mercury probably didn't read the book?

Most of H.P. Lovecraft's stories were written in the '30s and many were in print in the '50s and '60s via the publisher Arkham House, so its entirely possible Freddie had read some of his better known pieces.

But I don't think that's where the Rhye in 'Seven Seas of Rhye' came from.

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queenie bopper 07 July 2005 23:47 · Member since December 2004

So--I only fouund one website that stated that Rhye was a fantasy world of Freddie's, but I don't know if it's credible or not. Anyone know anything?

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vanush 08 July 2005 04:17 · Member since February 2005

I hope Rhye was many naked men and women

H.P. Lovecraft - Rhye

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