During this week in class, I have had the opportunity to learn about monsters in mythology and what they would tend to look like. Our creative project was to individually create a mythological monster that checked off four typical characteristics: be larger than life, have unnatural powers, be a twisted version of humanity, and look ugly. What I decided to make was a giant half-man, half-goat with overpowering strength who happens to have a very bad smell. His name is Dexterious….
Dexterious lives in Greece around the time Hercules was alive. His larger than life size, bad odor, and overpowering strength was more than enough to scare villagers away from their homes so he could steal food. When he didn’t get what he wanted, he would usually just kill anyone standing in his way.
Dexterious checks off a typical characteristic of a monster with his large human like frame and six pack. He is also a twisted version of humanity because he has a human like upper body and arms, but his legs and head are that of a goat. His unnatural powers are shown through his overpowering strength, which he uses to kill villagers in the way of food. And most importantly, Dexterious is very ugly. His large, pointed ears and black teeth show just how disgusting he is. He should probably go see a dentist, if he didn’t already kill them.
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