The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.<\/b>
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From ancient mythology to modern science fiction, we have had to confront the monsters that lurk in the depths of our collective imagination. They embody our anxieties and our irrational terrors, giving form to what we don’t wish to know or understand. For millennia, monsters have helped us to manage the extraordinary complexity of our minds and to deal with the challenges of being human.<\/p>\n
In Enchanted Creatures<\/i>, Natalie Lawrence delves into 15,000 years of imaginary beasts and uncovers the other-worldly natural history that has evolved with our deepest fears and fascinations. Join Lawrence on a tour of prehistoric cave monsters, serpentine hybrids, deep-sea leviathans and fire-breathing Kaiju. Discover how this monstrous menagerie has shaped our minds, our societies and how we see our place in nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We have always created and destroyed monsters. They give form to what we don’t wish to know or understand; to our anxieties and irrational terrors. They have helped us manage the extraordinary complexity of our minds and deal with the challenges of being human. In ‘Enchanted Creatures’, Natalie Lawrence delves into the dark histories of creatures we have imagined over 15,000 years of history: from strange beasts carved in Palaeolithic caves and hybrid snake women, to deep-sea leviathans and apocalyptic dino-monsters. She reveals what lies beneath the monstrous menagerie that has shaped our minds, our societies and how we see our place in nature. Understanding our monsters allows us to understand ourselves, perhaps the most important quest there is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[142],"product_tag":[1511,648,2162,1207],"class_list":{"0":"post-104531","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-general-non-fiction","6":"product_tag-folklore-myths-legends","7":"product_tag-general-world-history","8":"product_tag-philosophy-of-science","9":"product_tag-popular-psychology","10":"pa_book_author-lawrence-natalie","11":"pa_cover-hardback","12":"pa_dewey-001-944-edition23","13":"pa_imprint-weidenfeld-nicolson","14":"pa_language-english","15":"pa_pages-8634","16":"pa_publisher-weidenfeld-nicolson","17":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","19":"first","20":"onbackorder","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n