monster

mythology
Also known as: hybrid

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major reference

  • mythological figure
    In myth: Relationships of mixture

    …readiness to be fascinated by monsters. Monsters are chaos beasts, lurking at the interstices of order, be they conceived as mythical creatures who preceded creation, survivals from an archaic era, creatures who dwell in dangerous lands remote from human habitation, or beings who appear in nightmares. Though the forms and…

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Loch Ness

  • Loch Ness monster: “surgeon's photograph”
    In Loch Ness monster

    creature believed by some people to inhabit Loch Ness, Scotland. However, much of the alleged evidence supporting its existence has been discredited, and it is widely thought that the monster is a myth.

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