['Bible' she recognizes as a word for book, but the rest is new to her. Local mythology. She wonders what happened to that god, then - did it stop because it changed how it interacted, or was it killed? Who knows.]

They're just people. Some other race than human, and capable of some powerful magic, but there are people here too who are likely just as strong. We just don't have control of the Door, and they do.