Talk:Miskatonic University

Model for MU
I remember reading somewhere that Brown University may have been the priomary model for MU; has anyone else heard of this, and remember where I might have read it? It seems worth mentioning in the article if it can be substantiated.

It might have been in L. Sprague de Camp's bio of HPL, which isn't necessarily the most reliable source, but I can;t recall for certain. FZ 18:02, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Brown would make sense, as it's located in HPL's hometown of Providence, RI. However, I have never seen any definitive proof of that. I've always seen Miskatonic as more or less an amalagam of several Ivy League schools, namely Brown, Harvard (the Miskatonic River reminds me of the Charles River for some reason), Yale, and Dartmouth. --Sensor 03:52, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Saying it's modeled on Bradford is unsourced and seems speculative. Source, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.50.240 (talk) 21:17, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 * There is a source, but it is a Haverford student news paper and nt exactly reliable. Given the fact that Lovecraft lived across the street from Brown's main campus (where he himself wanted to attend but was unable due to illnes) and that Providence was also a Mill Town with class distinctions marked by the river the Haverford connection seems speculative.User:Maunus ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:16, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Original research
I'm skeptical about the following: It is speculated that the word "Mis-katonic" is derived from Greek chthonic, since many of Lovecraft's monsters and gods were chthonic. Can anyone provide a citation? (BTW: I seem to recall reading somewhere that "Miskatonic" is a Native American Indian term.) -,-~ R 'lyeh R isin g  ~-,- 17:57, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Update. I removed the dubious text and replaced it with info from Pearsall's The Lovecraft Lexicon. Turns out the name is based on the Algonquin language (Lovecraft himself said so! according to Pearsall.) Related note: I believe Will Murray wrote an essay called "Roots of the Miskatonic"--might be worth reading for his take on the word. -,-~ R 'lyeh R isin g  ~-,- 03:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

"Lovecraft's girlfriend attended the school (Bradford)"
This needs to be sourced. I'm pretty familiar with HPL's biography, and have never heard anything about a girlfriend, let alone one attending Bradford. Source, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.50.240 (talk) 03:50, 20 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Downgraded to "local lore" and sourced to a Hollow Hill article from 2008. --Robert.Baruch (talk) 17:00, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Digimon Tamers
Episode 44 of the English version of Digimon Tamers had brief appearances from a couple professors of "Miscatonic[sic] University". -- Brainy J  ~ ✿ ~ ( talk ) 05:06, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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Pangborn's Paradox
A short story by David Mason, "Pangborn's Paradox", features a number of members of faculty at Miskatonic.

Should those be included in the list ? -- Beardo (talk) 14:27, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * On Project Gutenberg at - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71917 -- Beardo (talk) 23:47, 22 October 2023 (UTC)