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The White People

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The White People	comment	A horror short story by Arthur Machen, published in 1904.A couple of youths discuss with a spiritual hermit called Ambrose about the nature of evil, upon which he presents to them a mysterious Green Book.This turns out to be the diary of a young girl, in which she describes her strange impressions of the countryside in which she lives as well as conversations with her nurse, who initiates her into a secret world of folklore and black magic. Throughout, the girl makes cryptic allusions to such topics as "nymphs", "DÃ´ls", "voolas," "white, green, and scarlet ceremonies", "Aklo letters", the "Xu" and "Chian" languages, and a game called "Troy Town"note the last of which is a reference to actual practices involving labyrinths or labyrinthine dances. The girl's tale gradually develops a mounting atmosphere of suspense, with suggestions of witchcraft, only to break off abruptly just at the point where a supreme revelation seems imminent.In a return to the frame story, Ambrose reveals that the girl's body was later found dead near a seemingly pagan statue in the woods. He adds that she had "poisoned herselfâ€”in time", making the analogy of a child finding the key to a locked medicine cabinet.H. P. Lovecraft was a big fan of The White People, and would adopt many of the techniques and terminology used here to help develop his own Cthulhu Mythos stories. Ursula Vernon's 2019 novel The Twisted Ones takes place in the same continuity, although the setting is moved to North Carolina.
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The White People / int_149605c1	type	Ambiguous Innocence
The White People / int_149605c1	comment	Ambiguous Innocence: The girl reacts cheerfully and enthusiastically to the dark arts and disturbing circumstances.
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The White People / int_2bbe31c9	type	Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
The White People / int_2bbe31c9	comment	Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: The girl whose journal makes up most of story doesn't really seem to get how bizarre the things she's talking about are, or the deeper implications of the stuff she's seen.
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The White People / int_859ec5d8	type	The Fair Folk
The White People / int_859ec5d8	comment	The Fair Folk: It's right in the title. 'Fair' used to mean 'pale' or 'white'.
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The White People / int_9ab3da1a	type	Evil Mentor
The White People / int_9ab3da1a	comment	Evil Mentor: The nurse, who taught a child to perform bizarre and dangerous magic.
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The White People / int_9bee1a7f	type	Eldritch Location
The White People / int_9bee1a7f	comment	Eldritch Location: The land of the white people, "Deep Dendo". Its a dim yet completely white place with a swirling sky and monuments depicting horrible things.
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The White People / int_a939a527	type	Red Eyes, Take Warning
The White People / int_a939a527	comment	Red Eyes, Take Warning: The white people have almond-shaped red eyes.
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The White People / int_abc60c5d	type	Harmful to Minors
The White People / int_abc60c5d	comment	Harmful to Minors: Teaching the dark arts to a child is one thing. But one of the magical tricks the nurse teaches the girl is to create a clay figurine that she implicitly has sex with. The girl's trip to the land of the white people also includes stones depicting graphic and disturbing acts.
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The White People / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
The White People / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Ambrose considers the girl's fae to be a metaphor for the world's unknown processes.
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The White People / int_e543a655	type	Light Is Not Good
The White People / int_e543a655	comment	Light Is Not Good: The titular white people are pale and live in a shiny land of silver, but they are evil.
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The White People / int_e8e56799	type	Blue-and-Orange Morality
The White People / int_e8e56799	comment	Blue-and-Orange Morality: Ambrose poses a downright alien view on good and evil, suggesting that true evil is the desecration of natural law. By his standards, a girl's messing with The Fair Folk is more evil than a murderer.
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The White People / int_fa6bfde9	type	Have a Gay Old Time
The White People / int_fa6bfde9	comment	Have a Gay Old Time: No, this is not a story about rednecks.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The White People	hasFeature	Land of Faerie / int_879f0a34
The White People	hasFeature	Monster-Shaped Mountain / int_879f0a34
The White People	hasFeature	Religious Horror / int_879f0a34
The White People	hasFeature	Short Story / int_879f0a34
The White People	hasFeature	The Fair Folk / int_879f0a34

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