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Monster

A monster is a type of imaginary or fictional creature found in literature, folklore, mythology, horror, fantasy, fiction and religion. They are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive, with a strange or grotesque appearance that causes terror and fear, often in humans.

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Monsters in fiction

GrendelBeowulfMary ShelleyFrankensteinBram Stoker
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Monsters in legend and fiction

AbaiaAlienAlmasAqrabuameluBaba Yaga
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LiteratureFolkloreMythologyHorrorFantasy
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Cultural heritage

Wake Forest UniversitySuetoniusSenecaHydraProto-Indo-European religion
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Bibliography

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Monster

Nodes248
Edges247
Triples90
Avg. degree1.99
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Monster

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related to Bibliography · 37
Monster → An Unnatural History, Asma, Beagon, Beyond Comparison, Book, Cicero, David, Divination, Essays, Fortunae, Gillian, Graeco-Roman World, Gregory, Honour, Idea, In Clark, ISBN, Jeffrey Andrew, Mary, Minnesota Press
related to Monsters in legend and fiction · 15
Monster → AbaiaAlienAlmasAqrabuameluBaba YagaBakunawaBansheeBasiliskBeast, CrittersFrankensteinFouke MonsterGargoyleGashadokuroGiantGill-manGoblinGhoulGhostGorgonGremlinGrendelGriffinGrim ReaperGnomeHeadless HorsemanHorned, GévaudanBehemothBigfootBishop-fishBogeymanBunyipCentaurCerberusChangelingCharybdisChimeraChupacabraChurelCryptozoologyCthulhuCyclopesCetusCockatriceDemonDevilDraugrDragonDr, HydeEvil, Jekyll, Mr, Ness, OrochiYaoguaiYetiYōkaiYowieYara-ma-yha-whoZombie, PeriRaksasaScyllaSea, PiranhaEvil SharkElfEntFire-breathing, SerpentHalflingHomunculusHobgoblinImpInvisible ManHydraJersey DevilJiangshiJinnKiller, SerpentMinokawaMinotaurMonster, SirenSiren HeadSkin-walkerSkeletonSlendermanSpirit, Swamp, TiamatTrollTikbalangTyphonUndeadUnicornVampireWargWendigoWerecatsWerehyenaWerewolfWitchWild
related to Games · 10
Monster → Another, At, Characters, Dragons, Dungeons, Especially, Monsters, Pokémon, Sentient, They
related to Prose fiction · 8
Monster → Beowulf, Bram Stoker's Dracula, For, Grendel, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Monsters, The, There
related to Cultural heritage · 6
Monster → German, Greeks, In, Romans, Tina Marie Boyer, Wake Forest University
related to External links · 3
Monster → Quotations, Wikiquote, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 1
Monster → type of imaginary or fictional creature found in literature
related to Etymology · 1
Monster → Latin

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monsters human creatures fiction depicted may also films frankenstein's giant film werewolves usually moral world university vampires games literature fantasy

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Monsteris atype of imaginary or fictional creature found in literature0.90text
the Hydrainstance ofmythological monsters0.80text
Medusa are not natural beingsinstance ofmythological monsters0.80text
but divine entitiesinstance ofmythological monsters0.80text
the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankensteininstance ofThe modern literary monster has its roots in examples0.80text
the vampire in Bram Stoker's Dracula.Monsters are a staple of fantasy fictioninstance ofThe modern literary monster has its roots in examples0.80text
horror fictioninstance ofThe modern literary monster has its roots in examples0.80text
and science fictioninstance ofThe modern literary monster has its roots in examples0.80text
Monster Squadinstance ofin series and films0.80text
Van Helsinginstance ofin series and films0.80text
Monsterrelated to BibliographyAsma0.60section
Monsterrelated to BibliographyStephen0.60section

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