THE HOLY MONSTROUS
‘If the monster learns appropriate restraint, it becomes an angel’
Kirk J. Schneider, from Horror and the Holy: Wisdom Teachings of the Monster Tale
‘Monsters can also act as agents of God’
Samantha J.E. Riches, from Encountering the Monstrous: Saints and Dragons in Medieval Thought
‘If monsters exist, Augustine insisted, their presence in our world is intended to show us something: God created them, and accordingly, they demonstrate God’s power’
Kelly J. Murphy, from Leviathan to Lucifer: What Biblical Monsters (Still) Reveal
‘Monsters, I believe, are patron saints of our blissful imperfections’
Guillermo Del Toro, from here
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