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It can also be applied figuratively to a person with similar characteristics like a greedy person or a person who does horrible things. | It can also be applied figuratively to a person with similar characteristics like a greedy person or a person who does horrible things. | ||
The word "monster" derives from Latin ''monstrum'', meaning an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order. | The word "monster" derives from Latin ''monstrum'', meaning an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order. | ||
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Thus, the monster is also a sign or instruction. This benign interpretation was proposed by Saint Augustine, who did not see the monster as inherently evil, but as part of the natural design of the world, a kind of deliberate category error. | Thus, the monster is also a sign or instruction. This benign interpretation was proposed by Saint Augustine, who did not see the monster as inherently evil, but as part of the natural design of the world, a kind of deliberate category error. | ||
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File:Zahhak is nailed to wall of cave in Mount Damavand.jpg|link=Zahhak (nonfiction)|The evil [[Zahhak (nonfiction)|Zahhak]], nailed to wall of cave in Mount Davamand, vows revenge. | |||
File:Medusa at Didyma.jpg|Medusa at Didyma. | |||
File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]''. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Human Flea Circus]] | * [[Human Flea Circus]] | ||
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* [[:Category:Egg Tooth]] | * [[:Category:Egg Tooth]] | ||
* [[:Category:Monsters]] | * [[:Category:Monsters]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Demon (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Where The Wild Things Are (nonfiction)]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster Monster] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster Monster] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 07:32, 17 June 2016
A monster is any creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is often hideous and may produce fear or physical harm by its appearance and/or its actions.
See also Demon.
The word usually connotes something wrong or evil; a monster is generally morally objectionable, physically or psychologically hideous, and/or a freak of nature.
It can also be applied figuratively to a person with similar characteristics like a greedy person or a person who does horrible things.
The word "monster" derives from Latin monstrum, meaning an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order.
The root of monstrum is monere, which means both to warn, and to instruct.
Monere is also the root of the modern English demonstrate.
Thus, the monster is also a sign or instruction. This benign interpretation was proposed by Saint Augustine, who did not see the monster as inherently evil, but as part of the natural design of the world, a kind of deliberate category error.
In the News
The evil Zahhak, nailed to wall of cave in Mount Davamand, vows revenge.
Medusa at Didyma.
Fiction cross-reference
Categories:
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Monster @ Wikipedia