Monsters have preoccupied mankind from the earliest times even cave art
Includes:: animal-human monsters Certainly monsters were present in the ancient religions of Egypt & Mesopotamia; the Old Testament describes the giant land & sea monsters Behemoth & Leviathan while in the world of Classical mythology monsters embody the fantasies of the gods & the cruellest punishments of human beings While we may no longer worry about being eaten by trolls on the way home there remains a fascination with these creatures who have shadowed us throughout history This book explores monsters down the ages & throughout the world It provides a dark yet engrossing visual history of the human mind lit up by flashes of wild & unearthly inspiration