Mankind has always had a fascination with monsters. That has lead people around the world to create on their imagination, creatures with strange and abnormal characteristics. The different kinds of monsters that can be found in the world says a lot about which culture created it, and can be seen as a reflection of some characteristics of the culture. Even though the belief in monsters has been lost in the evolution of time and modern monsters are not even similar as how they used to be, it is interesting to think about what stimulation people needed when they thought about scaring themselves or their friends? Because in every story there is always a “monster”, and monster doesn’t necessary mean a horrifying and creepy kind of looking character,
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Social groups or cultures are in charged of creating these stories based on their experiences that became sacred for their traditions and beliefs. Many people still believed myths and legends are true but for others a big doubt has overrun their thoughts about their validity. Myths are supernatural explanations of natural phenomenon ancient people experienced in their living moments. Is difficult to find a definition of myth that would be accepted for specialist on this field and at the same time accessible to those who are not fully aware of this topic. On the other hand, Legends are narratives of events, characters and historical facts that occurred in a specific time and given place, but with a legendary explanation that becomes part of a culture. Myths and Legends are a cultural reality with extremely complexity that can be addressed and interpreted by multiple forms and different perspectives. In some cases it is possible to think that these kind of sacred tales had created a space in peoples’ memory as nationalism identification, Duncan S.A Bell argues that “the approach of mythology understands memory to be a socially-framed property of individual minds, and collective memory, or what is more accurately referred to as collective remembrance to be the product of individual (or groups of individuals) coming together to share memories of particular event, of time past” (65). Mythology has had a big influence in societies that have the fortune to participate in this kind of
Social groups or cultures are in charged of creating these stories based on their experiences that became sacred for their traditions and beliefs. Many people still believed myths and legends are true but for others a big doubt has overrun their thoughts about their validity. Myths are supernatural explanations of natural phenomenon ancient people experienced in their living moments. Is difficult to find a definition of myth that would be accepted for specialist on this field and at the same time accessible to those who are not fully aware of this topic. On the other hand, Legends are narratives of events, characters and historical facts that occurred in a specific time and given place, but with a legendary explanation that becomes part of a culture. Myths and Legends are a cultural reality with extremely complexity that can be addressed and interpreted by multiple forms and different perspectives. In some cases it is possible to think that these kind of sacred tales had created a space in peoples’ memory as nationalism identification, Duncan S.A Bell argues that “the approach of mythology understands memory to be a socially-framed property of individual minds, and collective memory, or what is more accurately referred to as collective remembrance to be the product of individual (or groups of individuals) coming together to share memories of particular event, of time past” (65). Mythology has had a big influence in societies that have the fortune to participate in this kind of