Mythical Monsters of the World
- List of the Month
- October 2022 (see all)
- Description
- From the Loch Ness Monster to the Jersey Devil, the Japanese demon Oni to the Inuit ogress Amautalik—the world is full of mythical monsters. Our List of the Month this October is devoted to their stories. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
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- 20 Members
- karenb, hipdeep, conceptDawg, lquilter, deckla, kleo, Cecrow, dougb56586, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah, Charon07, DoomLuz, loulourevisited, Thelamon1, pstgeorge2, awerling, ,yoyogod
- Explanations
- elahrairah: reminds us that monsters are mostly made by man.
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- 17 Members
- anglemark, deckla, kleo, Cecrow, amanda4242, elenchus, Heather39, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, tnilsson, al.vick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, Boand, Charon07, DoomLuz, AmbientSpiritLamb,Kesterbird
- Explanations
- Boand: One of the oldest monster stories in existence
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- 10 Members
- hipdeep, deckla, malloyd, FAMeulstee, al.vick, ahef1963, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, awerling, AmbientSpiritLamb,conceptDawg , ,elahrairah
- Explanations
- malloyd: More than anything else, I think this book resurrected the dragon as a legitimate monster, not just an allegory for Satan.elahrairah : great book but not our world!
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by Anne Rice
1,474 members
13 reviews
4.1
Score 24.38
Added 2022-10-12, 07:27 AM
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- 8 Members
- anglemark, deckla, sturlington, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, ahef1963, Charon07, AmbientSpiritLamb
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by Gawain Poet
7,892 members
104 reviews
3.8
Score 21.04
Added 2022-10-12, 04:46 PM
- 7 Members
- deckla, abbottthomas, sinki, tnilsson, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, AmbientSpiritLamb
- Explanations
- abbottthomas: The Green Knight is usually portrayed as very human-looking but he is green and can carry his lopped off head around so I guess he qualifies as monstrous.
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3,410 members
60 reviews
4
Score 19.85
Added 2022-10-13, 05:25 PM
- 7 Members
- malloyd, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer, DoomLuz, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, ForAttentionPress
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by Neil Gaiman
33,647 members
932 reviews
4.1
Score 18.31
Added 2022-10-12, 04:42 PM
- 7 Members
- deckla, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah, Yuki-Onna, Thelamon1, AmbientSpiritLamb,
- Explanations
- elahrairah: All of the myths, all at once.
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by Max Brooks
15,523 members
713 reviews
4
Score 16.89
Added 2022-10-12, 07:30 AM
- 6 Members
- conceptDawg, Morphidae, vwinsloe, elahrairah, DoomLuz, Thelamon1,ahef1963
- Explanations
- elahrairah: i really enjoyed the zombie-apocalypse-as-sunday-supplement style of this. it turned an otherwise run-of-the-mill story into something special.
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by Jon Stone
5,198 members
105 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 15.6
Added 2022-10-12, 07:40 AM
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by Claire Booss
509 members
4
Score 14.48
Added 2022-10-11, 05:45 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, stealth.librarian, EMS_24, Elyssa523, Book-Man-CMA,ahef1963
- Explanations
- hipdeep: Banshees and fairies and selkies, oh my!
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- 5 Members
- lquilter, kleo, rrjchristopher, tnilsson, jsebrasky
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24 members
½ 4.3
Score 12.7
Added 2022-10-11, 03:24 PM
- 4 Members
- Kesterbird, Chrisethier, Elyssa523, Book-Man-CMA
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- 4 Members
- stealth.librarian, Heather39, OtownShorty, Patricia.Ralston
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- 3 Members
- Aquila, EMS_24, Kesterbird
- Explanations
- Aquila: Kurangaituku is the bird woman in the tale of Hatupatu and the Birdwoman from Aotearoa
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- 4 Members
- paradoxosalpha, elenchus, rrjchristopher, Elyssa523,ahef1963
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: "the old race throwing angry primordials": a heady brew that makes you wonder what monsters are and whether you know anyelenchus: A monster from prehistoric times is found to be much closer than you might ... think.
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109 members
3 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 10.93
Added 2022-10-12, 04:44 PM
- 4 Members
- stealth.librarian, elenchus, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna
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10 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Score 10.87
Added 2022-10-11, 03:07 PM
- 4 Members
- AbigailAdams26, Kesterbird, Elyssa523, Bentley788,ahef1963
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- 4 Members
- CtrSacredSciences, Patricia.Ralston, elahrairah, Thelamon1
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15,391 members
302 reviews
3.9
Score 10.71
Added 2022-10-18, 07:57 PM
- 4 Members
- Rommert, OtownShorty, Patricia.Ralston, Thelamon1,ahef1963
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5 members
Score 10.7
Added 2022-10-12, 04:46 PM
- 4 Members
- Cecrow, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna, Book-Man-CMA
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4,098 members
19 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 10.21
Added 2022-10-11, 06:42 PM
- 4 Members
- cpg, rrjchristopher, Book-Man-CMA, awerling,
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9,913 members
120 reviews
3.8
Score 10.19
Added 2022-10-13, 05:20 PM
- 3 Members
- Cecrow, FAMeulstee, Michael.Rimmer
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- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, maschi
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: The centerpiece of this late-antique romp is the fable of Cupid and Psyche, which is the germ of later monsters like Bluebeard and the Beast of Beauty and the Beast. (Yes, Eros is a monster of myth!)
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- 3 Members
- stealth.librarian, nrmay, slimikin
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2,279 members
139 reviews
4
Score 9.21
Added 2022-11-01, 12:31 PM
- 3 Members
- karenb, Morphidae, stealth.librarian
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by Dyan Elliott
57 members
1 review
3.9
Score 9.14
Added 2022-10-11, 04:54 PM
- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, deckla, stealth.librarian
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: Current scholarship on Medieval demonology
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- 3 Members
- dougb56586, rrjchristopher, ForAttentionPress
- Explanations
- ForAttentionPress: The Wheelers and Princess Langwidere
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972 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 8.92
Added 2022-10-12, 01:33 AM
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by Gary Gygax
1,027 members
3 reviews
4.1
Score 8.54
Added 2022-10-17, 08:47 PM
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- 3 Members
- paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, Patricia.Ralston
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: An adult fantasy that draws on biblical and other ancient Hebrew myths
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- 3 Members
- deckla, Heather39, Patricia.Ralston
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- 3 Members
- Heather39, Chrisethier, Patricia.Ralston
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4,028 members
34 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 7.56
Added 2022-10-11, 06:44 PM
- 3 Members
- cpg, dougb56586, rrjchristopher,
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5,444 members
365 reviews
4.1
Score 7.44
Added 2022-10-15, 08:47 AM
- 3 Members
- vwinsloe, CtrSacredSciences, Charon07
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8,648 members
225 reviews
3.8
Score 7.04
Added 2022-10-14, 03:48 PM
- 2 Members
- dewasus1, rrjchristopher
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by Deborah Howe
7,065 members
158 reviews
4
Score 6.68
Added 2022-10-23, 11:09 PM
- 2 Members
- EerierIdyllMeme, stealth.librarian
- Explanations
- EerierIdyllMeme: A fun take on the vampire myth.
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- 2 Members
- vwinsloe, AmbientSpiritLamb
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by Emil Ferris
1,114 members
72 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6.4
Added 2022-10-23, 11:40 PM
- 2 Members
- conceptDawg, EerierIdyllMeme
- Explanations
- EerierIdyllMeme: The narrator imagines herself and the people around her as various mythical monsters.
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- 3 Members
- kleo, Boand, Patricia.Ralston,pstgeorge2
- Explanations
- Boand: A modern take on an ancient mythic monster
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372 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.04
Added 2022-10-14, 09:49 PM
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- 2 Members
- Aquila, Kesterbird
- Explanations
- Aquila: Taniwha from Aotearoa
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- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, Boand
- Explanations
- Boand: A modern fairy tale based on characters from the ancient Welsh book The Mabinogion
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by T. H. White
689 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.82
Added 2022-10-17, 08:46 PM
- 2 Members
- malloyd, Patricia.Ralston
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- 2 Members
- elenchus, Patricia.Ralston
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- 2 Members
- CtrSacredSciences, sarahkhl
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- 2 Members
- stealth.librarian, tnilsson
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by Thomas Page
88 members
4 reviews
3.2
Score 5.21
Added 2022-10-11, 05:13 PM
- 2 Members
- yoyogod, sturlington
- Explanations
- yoyogod: A "classic" 70s horror novel about a killer bigfoot.
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- 2 Members
- AbigailAdams26, Kesterbird
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- 2 Members
- EMS_24, Book-Man-CMA
- Explanations
- EMS_24: Will they find the owner of these big paw marks?
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- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
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- 2 Members
- elahrairah, AmbientSpiritLamb
- Explanations
- elahrairah: monsters of london below
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39 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Score 4.5
Added 2022-10-14, 09:51 PM
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- RaeCreated
- Explanations
- RaeCreated: Death and terror in the woods and Bigfoot may be the cause.
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- dewasus1
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- FAMeulstee
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- noveltea
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- Member
- ForAttentionPress
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- Member
- slimikin
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- Member
- AbigailAdams26
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71 members
2 reviews
4.2
Score 4
Added 2022-10-16, 08:47 AM
- Member
- elahrairah
- Explanations
- elahrairah: sometimes the monsters are us.
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12 members
1 review
Score 4
Added 2022-10-11, 04:09 PM
- Member
- paradoxosalpha
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: Insightful scholarship concerning Rabelaisian giants and their conceptual forebears
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1 member
Score 4
Added 2022-11-16, 02:36 PM
- Member
- timspalding
- Explanations
- timspalding: Ctesias was the first author to describe the "Manticore," among other criters.
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- Member
- tina1969
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1,506 members
114 reviews
3.8
Score 3.36
Added 2022-12-05, 11:40 AM
- Member
- Morphidae
- Explanations
- Morphidae: (Ignore the cover. It's atrocious.) Whenever I hear "monsters", I think of Verity Price, who has been raised to be a cryptologist (monster hunter) since she was old enough to hold a knife in her tiny fist. What she wants to do, however, is to be a professional ball room dancer. Now if those pesky monsters would simply stay out of her way...
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- Member
- yoyogod
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- sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington: An abandoned amusement park that is a labyrinth, a monster at the middle of it, and a sacrifice.
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by Neil Gaiman
264 members
15 reviews
4.2
Score 3.36
Added 2022-10-23, 11:39 PM
- Member
- EerierIdyllMeme
- Explanations
- EerierIdyllMeme: One of my favourite surprise appearances of this mythical creature.
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- Member
- sarahkhl
100
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- sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington: A troll living in a cave in the heart of Queens.