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<p>The human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. All known folklores brim with visions of looming and ferocious monsters, often in the role as adversaries to great heroes. But while heroes have been closely studied by mythologists, monsters have been neglected, even though they are equally important as pan-human symbols and reveal similar insights into ways the mind works. In <i>Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors</i>, anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores what human traits monsters represent and why they are so ubiquitous in people's imaginations and share so many features across different cultures.<br><br>Using colorful and absorbing evidence from virtually all times and places, <i>Monsters</i> is the first attempt by an anthropologist to delve into the mysterious, frightful abyss of mythical beasts and to interpret their role in the psyche and in society. After many hair-raising descriptions of monstrous beings in art,

Author

David D. Gilmore

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812203226