New article by Karl Beech, Lyonesse and ‘The Foundered Town’ in Romance and Fantasy of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. Lovecraft was aware of the myth, since it is Cornish and his ancestors were more or less from that part of the British Isles (he believed that, as he wrote in one letter, “Cornwall & Devon are pretty much a unit”).
Sam Llewellyn also has a short survey of the monsters and dangerous animals that were said to dwell in that land sunken below the sea…
“When historians write about Lyonesse, they are inclined to concentrate on the exotic monstrosities that rise from the land’s bottomless wells. The original animals were curious in their own way…”
Karl Beech said:
Interesting comment about Lovecraft’s possible awareness of the myth… I was not aware of his connections to Cornwall…
David Haden said:
Actually the neighbouring Devon… but he writes that he saw Cornwall & Devon as a unit…
“Lovecrafts and Love- crofts (the latter the earlier spelling) have been fairly plentiful in Devon since the beginning of the 15th century. […] “largely in the valley of the Teign near Newton-Abbot. Historically, Cornwall & Devon are pretty much a unit”