| “ | Welcome to Professor Carcosa's Traveling Carnival and Phantasmagoria! Step right up. To quote a friend, "We show you things that you don't know, we tell you of places you'll never go. From mountains where maddened winds did blow to the islands where zephyrs breathed sweet and low. We've risen to Heaven, plunged below for we wanted to make it one hell of a show!" | ” |
Professor Carcosa's Traveling Carnival and Phantasmagoria, better known as just Phantasmagoria, was a group of pagan witches who worshipped the Old Gods and used their attraction as a carnival to find virgins for human sacrifice. They arrived to Greendale in search of victims to resurrect the Green Man, where they encounter satanic witches from the Church of Night, starting a war between the two groups.
Members[]
Former[]
- Pan † (ringleader)
- Nagaina † (snake dancer)
- Circe † (fortune-teller)
- Robin Goodfellow (left)
Appearances[]
Part 3[]
- "Chapter Twenty-One: The Hellbound Heart" (mentioned)
- "Chapter Twenty-Two: Drag Me to Hell" (mentioned)
- "Chapter Twenty-Three: Heavy is the Crown"
- "Chapter Twenty-Four: The Hare Moon"
- "Chapter Twenty-Five: The Devil Within"
- "Chapter Twenty-Six: All of Them Witches"
- "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Judas Kiss"
- "Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sabrina Is Legend"
Part 4[]
Trivia[]
- In the eighth episode of the fourth season of Riverdale, "Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment", Sheriff Jones picks up a newspaper with the headline “Carcosa Carnival Comes To Riverdale”.
- The Berlanti Wheel is a shout out to Greg Berlanti, executive producer of both Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
- Most members of the Pagan Tribe are based on beings from Greek mythology.
- Phantasmagoria was a form of horror theatre popular in the 19th century.
- Professor Carcosa is a reference to An Inhabitant of Carcosa, a short story by Ambrose Bierce.
- A Brother Bierce was mentioned in Part 2.
- Carcosa is also mentioned in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, featuring the Green Man.
- The welcoming speech is a quote from The Circus of Dr. Lao, a 1935 novel by Charles G. Finney.
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