can be traced back to Pierre Denys de Montfort's "Colossal Octopus"; i.e. the Kraken - 1801 ... The Cthulhu Tradition can likewise be included within the science of malacology; as well as any demons witnessed or otherwised experienced in the "Domes". (thus, a narrower science would be Dome Malacology - the study of various demons, vampires, succubi, incubi,...; etc infecting the Domes as a whole and the participants.) ... http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/kraken.php