Walter Gilman

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Walter Gilman is the ill-fated Miskatonic University student whose occult studies and nightmarish experiences drive the plot of H. P. Lovecraft’s horror story "The Dreams in the Witch House."

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Walter Gilman canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
affiliation Miskatonic University ⓘ
appearsIn The Dreams in the Witch House ⓘ
appearsInCollection Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories ⓘ
associatedLocation Arkham, Massachusetts ⓘ
associatedOrganization Miskatonic University ⓘ
associatedWith Brown Jenkin ⓘ
Keziah Mason ⓘ
Nyarlathotep ⓘ
basedIn Arkham ⓘ
creator H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
deathCause mysterious supernatural forces ⓘ
diesIn The Dreams in the Witch House ⓘ
experiences nightmares ⓘ
sleepwalking ⓘ
strange dreams in the Witch House ⓘ
visions of other dimensions ⓘ
fieldOfStudy folklore ⓘ
higher-dimensional space ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ
occultism ⓘ
firstAppearance Weird Tales, July 1933 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre cosmic horror ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
hasAntagonist Brown Jenkin ⓘ
Keziah Mason ⓘ
hasNationality American ⓘ
hasTheme intersection of science and the occult ⓘ
madness induced by cosmic knowledge ⓘ
non-Euclidean geometry and higher dimensions ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 20th century American horror ⓘ
medium short story ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
notableFor involvement with witchcraft lore in Arkham ⓘ
occult studies at Miskatonic University ⓘ
occupation student ⓘ
residence Witch House ⓘ
linked to: The Witch House
roomLocatedIn attic room of the Witch House ⓘ
setInUniverse Cthulhu Mythos ⓘ
storyBy H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
universityAttended Miskatonic University ⓘ

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