Nahum Gardner
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Nahum Gardner is a New England farmer in H. P. Lovecraft’s horror story "The Colour Out of Space," whose land and family are slowly corrupted by a mysterious extraterrestrial presence.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farmer
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| animalFate | livestock become deformed ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Colour Out of Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | weird fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
extraterrestrial colour
ⓘ
mysterious meteorite ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | effects of the extraterrestrial colour ⓘ |
| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesIn | The Colour Out of Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | New England Yankee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyFate |
family members die under mysterious circumstances
ⓘ
family members go insane ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork | The Colour Out of Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Amazing Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | cosmic horror ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Merwin Gardner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thaddeus Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenas Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ unnamed youngest child ⓘ unnamed youngest son ⓘ |
| householdMember |
Merwin Gardner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Thaddeus Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenas Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ youngest son ⓘ |
| landFate |
farm becomes blighted
ⓘ
vegetation grows unnaturally and then withers ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| narrativeSource | recounted by an unnamed surveyor-narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| neighborPerception |
considered unlucky
ⓘ
regarded with fear and pity ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| owns | Gardner farm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | rural farm near Arkham, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| setIn | fictional region of Arkham ⓘ |
| spouse | Mrs. Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| suffersFrom |
mental deterioration
ⓘ
physical wasting ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
corruption of nature
ⓘ
human helplessness before cosmic forces ⓘ |
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