Dholes are said to be gigantic worm-like burrowing horrors, in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. They are not native to the Earth, and none seem to have brought here for more than brief periods, fortunately, for they seem to have riddled and left waste several other worlds. They dislike light, though it does not visibly harm them. They are only rarely seen in daylight, and then only on planets that they have thoroughly conquered. H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ... Cthulhu Cthulhu mythos is the label coined by the writer August Derleth for the shared world based upon the themes, characters, and story elements found in the works of H. P. Lovecraft, as well as his protegés and later writers influenced by him. ...

"Below him the ground was festering with gigantic Dholes, and even as he looked, one reared up several hundred feet and leveled a bleched, viscous end at him." - H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffman Price, "Through the Gate of the Silver Key." H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ...

Similar are the massive Bholes of the Dreamlands, possibly the ancestors of the Dholes: The Dreamlands are an extensive alternate dimension described in the short fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and other authors, and is considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos. ...

"Now Carter knew from a certain source that he was in the vale of Pnath, where crawl and burrow the enourmous Bholes; but he did not know what to expect, because no one has ever seen a Bhole, or even guessed what such a thing may be like. Bholes are known only by dim rumour from the rustling they make amongst mountains of bones and the slimy touch they have when they wriggle past one. They cannot be seen because they creep only in the dark." - H.P. Lovecraft, "The Dream-Quest for Unknown Kadath." H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. ...

Some unknown relation between Dholes and Chthonians may exist. Chthonians are described in the Cthulhu Mythos tales as immense earth-bound squids, with elongated worm-like bodies coated with slime. ...