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.

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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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The Colour Out of Space hasCharacter Nahum Gardner