What is a monster? - University of Cambridge
Sep 7, 2015 · Such public 'monsters' serve a similar role to gothic monsters, images that embody the cultural or psychological characteristics that we as a society find difficult to acknowledge. …
Outlaws, trolls and beserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the …
Oct 22, 2015 · Rebecca Merkelbach (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic) discusses the monstrous heroes of Scandinavian mythology and literature.
Monsters - University of Cambridge
Sep 7, 2015 · Rebecca Merkelbach (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic) discusses the monstrous heroes of Scandinavian mythology and literature.
Spiky monsters: new species of ‘super-armoured’ worm discovered
Jun 29, 2015 · A new species of ‘super-armoured’ worm, a bizarre, spike-covered creature which ate by filtering nutrients out of seawater with its feather-like front legs,
Mammals vs dinosaurs - University of Cambridge
Mar 15, 2013 · In the Permian period, for example (roughly 298 to 252 million years ago), we have evidence of animals such as Gorgonopsids - large, carnivorous, four-legged monsters with …
t monsters or performing great feats in battle, and they were often favoured by the gods and given special powers or gifts terature, heroes were often depicted as larger-than-life figures who …
Explore the scary stories of early cultures
Oct 31, 2012 · Narratives built around dreams and nightmares are woven into the early cultures of the British Isles with blood-curdling descriptions of scary beasts – fire-breathing dragons, …
Why be human when you can be otherkin? - University of …
Jul 16, 2016 · It was in the course of researching the role of monsters and monstrosity in Renaissance Europe, and the ‘animalesque’ affinities of 16th-century Portuguese witches, …
Earth’s earliest sea creatures drove evolution by stirring the water ...
May 17, 2024 · 3D reconstructions suggest that simple marine animals living over 560 million years ago drove the emergence of more complex life by mixing the seawater around
Could this monster help you overcome anxiety?
PhD student Lucie Daniel-Watanabe has teamed up with award winning gaming company Ninja Theory to see whether gaming might help improve people’s mental health.