Monsters

Monsters:

These beasts have been the subject of nightmares for the better part of forever.

This is in close belief to the concept of demons as well. (Read Demon Blog.) Another way to control a person's behavior through fear of the unknown. Every country, city and village has it's own monster. In Scotland it's Loch Ness, in the African jungles it's Mocele Umbembe. Even animals that where thought not to exist or had died out where considered monsters i.e. the giant squid. This goes without saying, that the monsters of modern times, seem to be more terrifying than those that came before.  Most monster legends began with ancient stories of giant beasts that roamed the earth. (Dinosaurs.) These gained popularity when people would find bones of the creatures. There are many cases in ancient Greece, where a person would start to dig and find a leg bone or a skull, they would take it to the local temple where it was worshiped as the bone of a monster or hero. As time progressed you would hear stories from the local fishermen, or merchants, of sea monsters. (Giant Squid.) Even the Silver Back Gorilla was thought of as nothing but a local monster story when Europeans began to travel to Africa.  As people started to over populate the planet, we began to hear more stories. Especially from those who live close to the wilderness, or wild life.  

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Monster Quest, Monsters, Dragons, Lake Monsters etc.