Here There Be Monsters

One Spooked Professor

English - January 20, 2021 02:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB
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There exists in virtually all cultures and storytelling traditions a notion of monsters. They serve many different roles and have taken myriad forms over the generations. In this episode, we look at what those roles and forms are and what they can tell us about the nature of monsters and exactly where they come from.