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* In ''[[Chronicles of Narnia|The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe]]'', Mr. Tumnus has a shelf full of books that describe humans as purely mythical, or potentially so. |
* In ''[[Chronicles of Narnia|The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe]]'', Mr. Tumnus has a shelf full of books that describe humans as purely mythical, or potentially so. |
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* Stanisław [[Stanislaw Lem|Lem]]’s ''Bajki robotów'' (“Robot Tales”) is a collection of bedtime stories robots tell their kids. Most of them avoid mentioning humans, but those that don’t treat them as eldritch horror: whatever they touch starts to rust and mold, they can topple whole civilizations, and they are mind-bendingly ugly. Although they are considered extinct, legends predict that one day they will rise again to take revenge at their creation. Luckily, they are probably just a myth and never existed in the first place… |
* Stanisław [[Stanislaw Lem|Lem]]’s ''Bajki robotów'' (“Robot Tales”) is a collection of bedtime stories robots tell their kids. Most of them avoid mentioning humans, but those that don’t treat them as eldritch horror: whatever they touch starts to rust and mold, they can topple whole civilizations, and they are mind-bendingly ugly. Although they are considered extinct, legends predict that one day they will rise again to take revenge at their creation. Luckily, they are probably just a myth and never existed in the first place… |
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* In [[Dr. Seuss]]' short story "What Was I Scared Of?", (one of four stories in ''[[The Sneeches and Other Stories]]'') the protagonist keeps running into a ghostly pair of Pale Green Pants which he is terrified of... Until the end, when he discovers that the pants are even more terrified of him. Unlike most examples of this Trope, the story has a happy ending, with the two of them coming to terms with the fears and becoming friends |
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