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A monster is often a type of grotesque creature, whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world's social or moral order.

A monster can also be like a human, but in folklore, they are commonly portrayed as the lowest class, as mutants, deformed, supernatural, and otherworldly.

Animal monsters are outside the moral order, but sometimes have their origin in some human violation of the moral law (e.g. in the Greek myth, Minos does not sacrifice the white bull Poseidon sent him to the god, so as punishment Poseidon makes Minos' wife, Pasiphaë, fall in love with th ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Monsters"

Resisting the Alien Rider (Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides, #3)
He Who Fights With Monsters 7 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #7)
Monstrilio
The Inheritance (Breach Wars, #1)
The Primal Hunter 13 (The Primal Hunter, #13)
He Who Fights With Monsters 8 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #8)
He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)
He Who Fights with Monsters 9 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #9)
The Primal Hunter 3 (The Primal Hunter, #3)
The Butcher of the Forest
He Who Fights with Monsters 10 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #10)
Fated to the Frost King (Frostbound Court, #1)
The Primal Hunter 8 (The Primal Hunter #8)
My Demon Hunter (Hell Bent, #2)
The Primal Hunter 12 (The Primal Hunter #12)
The Primal Hunter 5 (The Primal Hunter, #5)
The Primal Hunter 9 (The Primal Hunter #9)
The Primal Hunter 7 (The Primal Hunter #7)
The Primal Hunter 10 (The Primal Hunter #10)
Unbound (Confluence Academy, #1)
Azarinth Healer: Book One (Azarinth Healer, #1)
To Clutch a Razor (Curse Bearer, #2)
Love Bites (Mated to the King, #1)
Defiance of the Fall 2 (Defiance of the Fall, #2)
A Requiem for Fallen Stars (Cadence of the Fallen, #1)
The Antventure Begins (Chrysalis, #1)
Defiance of the Fall 4 (Defiance of the Fall, #4)
Guardian Demon (Hell Bent, #4)
怪獣8号 2 [Kaijū 8-gō 2]
Claws & Crochet (Wolves of Pine Falls #1)
Azarinth Healer: Book Four (Azarinth Healer, #4)
Antelligent Design (Chrysalis, #3)
怪獣8号 6 [Kaijū 8-gō 6]
怪獣8号 7 [Kaijū 8-gō 7]
Upping the Ante (Chrysalis, #2)
Ravaged Wolf (Five Packs, #6)
Best of Luck
Defiance of the Fall 5 (Defiance of the Fall, #5)
怪獣8号 5 [Kaijū 8-gō 5]
怪獣8号 13 [Kaijū 8-gō 13]
怪獣8号 12 [Kaijū 8-gō 12]
怪獣8号 14 [Kaijū 8-gō 14]
Xantera (Guardians & Monsters, #1)
Enemy A[n]t the Gates (Chrysalis #5)
Aggie and the Ghost
怪獣8号 10 [Kaijū 8-gō 10]
極楽街 2 [Gokurakugai 2]
怪獣8号 8 [Kaijū 8-gō 8]
極楽街 3 [Gokurakugai 3]
Fated Hearts (Echoes of Darkness, #0.5)
A Twist of Demon (Cocktails in Hell, #1)
Between a Rock and a Carapace (Chrysalis, #4)
怪獣8号 9 [Kaijū 8-gō 9]
怪獣8号 11 [Kaijū 8-gō 11]
Midlife Vampire Hunter (Forty Proof #9)
The Creeper
We're Not Safe Here
To Steal a Bride (Entangled with the Enduar, #1)
Europa
Beast of the North Woods (Monster Hunter, #3)
Heartsong (War of the Underhill, #1)
The Church Beneath the Roots (Stolen Tongues, #0)
Voidwalker (Beasts of the Void, #1)
Preservation (Battle Mage Farmer, #6)
Stay in the Light (The Watchers, #2)
Jake's Magical Market (Jake's Magical Market #1)
Dating Dracula (Dating Monsters #1)
怪獣8号 15 [Kaijū 8-gō 15]
Never a Hero (Monsters, #2)
Castle of Nevers and Nightmares (Fae Devils, #1)
Separation (Battle Mage Farmer #7)
Dreams of Hell (The Protector Guild, #3)
Once a Villain (Monsters, #3)
Feast While You Can
Cruel Beasts (Moretti Academy #1)
One Night with the Werewolf (Indecent Monsters, #1)
Of Swamp & Sea, Volume One (Of Swamp & Sea, #1)
Bored Gay Werewolf
The Café at the Edge of the Woods
光が死んだ夏 7 [Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu 7]
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 3
Lost and Stolen Gods (Labyrinth of Gods, #1)
They Bloom at Night
To Free a Soul (Duskwalker Beginnings #2)
Transformation (Battle Mage Farmer #5)
Mimic & Me (Mimic & Me #1)
Wicked Little Tricks (Four Ways to Fate, #1)
#DRCL midnight children 2
Dc Vs. Vampires Vol. 2
Reborn as a Demonic Tree (Reborn as a Demonic Tree #1)
The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound (The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, #1)
Magic Strikes [Dramatized Adaption] (Kate Daniels, #3)
Beasts
Thorn Kissed and Silver Chains (Honey and Ice, #4)
Hunger's Bite
Marked by the Wild Orc (Heat & Ink, #2)
Stranded (Mates for the Raskarrans, #1)
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怪獣8号 16 [Kaijū 8-gō 16]
Evil in Me

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Quotes Tagged “Monsters”

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― Rick Riordan
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