Cryptids, Creatures & Critters
A Manual of Monsters & Mythos from Around the World
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A Manual of Monsters & Mythos from Around the World
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Cryptids, Creatures & Critters: A Manual of Monsters and Mythos from Around the World features 90 different creatures from around the world, each with their own researched description and full-color illustrations. The book is divided into three sections: cryptids, folklore, and mythology. It features popular cryptid favorites, such as Mothman and the Flatwoods Monster, and some lesser-known cryptids, such as the Enfield Horror and the Montauk Monster. For folklore, there are kelpies, selkies, cat sidhes, and grimalkins, along with the dobarchu and the vampiric pumpkin! In mythology, you'll find Medusa, sphinx, Pegasus, and the bukavac!
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This was SUCH a cute and informative look at cryptids, folklore, and more from all over the world. I loved it! The art was gorgeous and the author did such a great job of covering the basics, but what I loved most was that they even took the time to discuss how some of these myths and stories have been changed over time due to colonization, the spread of Christianity, and other sociopolitical impacts. I learned new things about some favorites and also found some totally new-to-me entities. I'll definitely be buying a finished copy of this one at some point to reference back to in the future! Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy! All thoughts are honest and my own.✨ Content warnings for: brief (and mostly vague) descriptions of violence, death, cannibalism, bloodletting, suicide, infanticide, miscarriage, infidelity, kidnapping, assault ———bookstagram booktok blog storygraph twitter/x
