by Rob Baddorf | Jun 16, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
More fun stuff here with the Gashadokuro… hmm, maybe fun isn’t the right word: The Gashadokuro are spirits that take the form of giant skeletons and are fifteen times taller than an average person, said to be created from the amassed bones of people who...
by Rob Baddorf | Jun 15, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
Dodomeki–The bird lady monster from Japan! Sorta like the bird lady in Mary Poppins… okay, maybe not. Dodomeki (百々目鬼) is a Japanese yōkai that’s depicted as human women who are cursed with having long arms covered with hundreds of bird eyes due to...
by Rob Baddorf | Jun 14, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
Now imagine this: A large fire-breathing chicken monster. I don’t know if we can get much better than that for a monster, but Japan has this monster, Basan, in it’s lineage of totally cool monsters! Read on: The Basan (波山), alternatively referred to as...
by Rob Baddorf | Apr 20, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
I know. Sorta makes you want a latte with a shot of espresso right now, yes? Think again. Hesiod’s Echidna was half beautiful maiden and half fearsome snake. Hesiod described “the goddess fierce Echidna” as a flesh eating “monster,...
by Rob Baddorf | Mar 28, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
Hey, Pops. Need a new tie for Father’s Day? Typhon was the daddy of many of the Greek monsters. Read on: Typhon was a monstrous giant and the most deadly creature in Greek mythology. Typhon was the last son of Gaia, and was fathered by Tartarus. Typhon and his...
