Monsters have been living in out dormant rooms and in our memories for a long time now. Such larger-than-life monsters and demons, whose horror we sometimes envision flashing right back from our childhood. Track down the biggest monsters ever created in the Western Literature, from the newest tracing back to the oldest:
2002
BELDAM (The Other Mother)
From Coraline by Neil Gaiman, 2002
1999
DEMENTORS
From The Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling, 1999
1996
WHITE WALKER
From Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, 1996
1989
ANKLE GRABBER
From Ankle Grabber by Rose Impey, 1989
1986
PENNYWISE
From IT by Stephen King, 1986
1983
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
From The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, 1983
THE GRAND HIGH WITCH
From The Witchers by Roald Dahl, 1983
1981
GOBLINS
From Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak, 1981
1979
THE NOTHING
From The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, 1979
1954
NAZGUL
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, 1954
TASH
From the book The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis, 1954
1951
TRIFFID
From The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, 1951
1928
CTHULHU
From The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft, 1928
1897
COUNT DRACULA
From Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897
1895
MORLOCKS
From The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, 1895
1886
MR. HYDE
From The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886
1883
KILLER CROC
From the Batman Issue #357 by Gerry Conway, 1883
1871
JABBERWOCKY
From Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, 1871
1870
GIANT SQUID
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, 1870
1820
HEADLESS HORSEMAN
From the book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, 1820
1818
FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER
From Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1818
6th Century
MEDUSA
From Theogony by Hesiod, 700 BC, Approx.
5th Century
SCYLLA
From The Odyssey by Homer, 675-725 Approx.
Date Unknown
GRENDEL
From Beowulf – Anonymous – Unknown Date
For writers, especially, getting to know all types of monsters that authors have created, before you and me, in the past, will help you avoid building common characteristics traits and personalities while developing and shaping your own unique characters (demons and monsters).
