15 Obscure Historical Monsters Who Would Improve Halloween Immensely

The monsters of Halloween just seem so rote this class . I mean , you could only go through so many All Hallows ’ eve with Frankenstein ’s Monster and the Wolfman call up in the frights on October 31 , happy - handing with john - or - treaters , drunk off of Universal Studios ducats and stoned out of their gourd on the Mummy ’s homegrown “ Kushite Kush . ”

Face it , the iconography of Halloween is not open to grievous outsider . When ’s the last time you see the dreaded giant Japanese boner skeleton ( link not safe for workplace ) smiling and wamble on a bag of M&M ’s ? Never , and that ’s a offense .

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What I ’m suggesting here , devout referee , is that we as a society make a concerted exertion to get to the time of year ’s Monster Mashes and Dracula Discos ( see here ) to those underappreciated horrific creatures . And I can think of no abominations less unheralded than those of pioneering 16th century Italian naturalistUlisse Aldrovandiand his Monstrorum Historia ( here ’s an edition via the University of Oklahoma ) .

Monstrorum Historia collects Aldrovandi ’s many descriptions of mythical creature and arrange them to illustration . ( Along with all the sea serpent and cyclopes , there are also more than a few conjoined animals and drawing of multitude with conditions likehypertrichosis . )

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Using the “ giant ” of past editions of Monstrorum Historia for inspiration , let us create a new Halloween canon , detached from the tyranny of all those vampire , witches , andslutty Berts . ( DISCLAIMER : My Latin start and cease with “ Quid facit ? ” so know that we just drove on the off - ramp toward Contextcluesylvania ! )

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