The Allegory of Immortality by Giulio Romano, c. 1540. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, USA, featuring a variety of monsters. A monster is often a type of grotesque creature , whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world's social or moral order. A monster can also be like a human , but in folklore, they are commonly portrayed as the lowest class, as mutants, deformed, supernatural, and otherworldly . Monsters   pre-date written history, and the academic study of the particular cultural notions expressed in a society's ideas of monsters is known as monstrophy. Monsters have appeared in literature and in feature-length films. Well-known monsters in fiction include Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, werewolves, mummies, and zombies.
The Allegory of Immortality by Giulio Romano, c. 1540. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, USA, featuring a variety of monsters. A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearances that causes terror and fear. Monsters usually resemble bizarre, deformed, otherworldly and/or mutated animals or entirely unique creatures of varying sizes, but may also take a human form, such as mutants , ghosts and spirits, zombies or cannibals, among other things. They may or not may have supernatural powers, but are usually capable of killing or causing some form of destruction, threatening the social or moral order of the human world in the process . Monsters may be also depicted as misunderstood and friendly creatures who frighten individuals away without wanting to, or may be so large, strong and clumsy that they cause unintentional damage or death. Some monsters in fiction are depicted as mischievous and boisterous but not necessarily threatening (such as a sly goblin), while others may be docile but prone to becoming angry or hungry, thus needing to be tamed and taught to resist savage urges, or killed if they cannot be controlled. Monsters pre-date written history, and the academic study of the particular cultural notions expressed in a society's ideas of monsters is known as monstrophy. Monsters have appeared in literature and in feature-length films. Well-known monsters in fiction include Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, werewolves, mummies, and zombies.
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fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearances that causes terror and fear. Monsters usually resemble bizarre, deformed, otherworldly and/or mutated animals or entirely unique creatures of varying sizes, but may also take a human form, such as mutants
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whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world's social or moral order.
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A monster can also be like a human , but in folklore, they are commonly portrayed as the lowest class, as mutants, deformed, supernatural, and otherworldly
ghosts and spirits, zombies or cannibals, among other things. They may or not may have supernatural powers, but are usually capable of killing or causing some form of destruction, threatening the social or moral order of the human world in the process
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may be also depicted as misunderstood and friendly creatures who frighten individuals away without wanting to, or may be so large, strong and clumsy that they cause unintentional damage or death. Some monsters in fiction are depicted as mischievous and boisterous but not necessarily threatening (such as a sly goblin), while others may be docile but prone to becoming angry or hungry, thus needing to be tamed and taught to resist savage urges, or killed if they cannot be controlled.
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