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be ill MONSTERS Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors DAVID D. GILMORE unt OF PENNS: i RSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS To Aggie na Jules, and all the monsterslayers bx © 2000 University of Pega Pree i the United Stats of Yr PREFACE as Va fascinate ike so many other ela La epee the hscons ghoul and extraterrestrial cere Bat Holhywoor! Blas, "hey slays inspied Doth dread sd ateetion i 1. So, given this morbid interes, he toe or perhaps empathy a beter w ot bok may eeprsentsenningo grips with juve session hat fas endured well into mide fe do, when all prsent boys and gis chick under ther bs at ht for demons, bit ingers wel ato wahoo owe who ar se may weird—a category Ladi belonging to 1 of monsters rarhes a peak repertory of fantasies, nities, and hobs Tub them the existence of Frou agaresve natin, the rity of an imple toward if soch were eed or walence As tay reveatch has shown peuple everywhere anda all ines Ihave Been haunt! by ogres canna gant, metaroephs,wrerwoles, ‘amples, and 0 on. In Affe people belive i were, and in the ‘eeresharks, not tention ean South Seas thee are mana ‘ges among the Amerindian a dhe bellowing pe-min of the Far Eat! Since thew nightmares are universal they must reveal something ‘bout the human mand. Monsters save cern characterises no mater Where they appar they are skeayy aggresive, ggunte, man-

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