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This subject is written on a topic in the real world and reflects factual information. This subject contains information from the "Lovecraft Circle" Myth Cycles, and while guided by HPL are not based on his work alone. "The White Elephant" is a poem written by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow on 23 May 1934. It was published for the first time in the 1990 Lovecraft collection The Fantastic Poetry.

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The poem describes a mysterious man or entity who rose from "primal chaos" and commanded "lesser ghouls" to perform rites for him. They bred poisonous flowers and trees, and created a "white beast" made from "fungous dust", which pagans now pray to.