I am a tiny bit of a mythology nerd. Tiny bit. Maybe...50%. Well ok maybe 75%. On my giant bookshelf that took over one wall (and we aren't the books stashed in the attic because those books are dead to me now understand?) one whole shelf is dedicated to mythology from around the world. And costume design. I don't know where that last part came from but I have quite a few costume books and sewing books. I can't really sew and my costume design is only so-so but I digress.
Mythology books. Love them. Love love love. Encyclopedia style, bring it on. Chinese fairy tales, have 'em. Really bizarre Celtic myths with heroes that have names no one can pronounce, got them in spades. I've even got the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manuals (don't you judge me) and a whole encyclopedia on vampires because apparently there's more than one type (none of them sparkle).
Which brings me to my next point. With the world of myths being so huge, I'm kind of sad to see that there are so few of the monsters involved in literature. We get a flood of vampires, hordes of werewolves, a scattering of elves and fairies and demons and witches and then that's...pretty much it. So, if I have the skill and time and drive, here's some that I'd like to throw in a book. Possibly even the one I am writing.
Mermaids. No seriously, don't judge me. I love mermaids. I am irrationally terrified of sharks but I love mermaids. Why I do not know. Possibly because I swam in the ocean an insane amount as a child and also because The Little Mermaid came out when I was growing up and seriously, singing fish. What's not to love? But I think it's impractical to make them look just like humans so they'd have to still keep the fins. And fancy ones, like lionfish inspired ones. Artistic mermaids, if you will.
Harpies. Oh yeah, half bird half woman all mean. From World of Warcraft oddly attractive and definitely mostly naked harpies to The Last Unicorn baggy saggy horrifying harpie queen, I like all of them.
Naga. Alright, this is cheating because Mama Jones is a naga. But she only had one scene and so in future books (that's right multiple books if I ever get to writing) I want her to have a much bigger part. Snake people are great people.
Gorgons. A la Medusa. Bit hard to pull off what with the snakes and the turning to stone. And it varies as to whether she is human below or snake below but the main jist of the story is the Greek gods are terrible. Seriously.
Red Cap, or at least the significantly more horrifying version of fairies the Scots have. His hat is red because he rips open your stomach and shoves his head in your intestines while he begins to eat you still alive. Sometimes I wonder about the Scots...
Demons. I like demons. I like the concept of them at least. I threw in my version of a succubus last time and that was fun. But I don't think all of them would be like that because ya know, Hell is a big place and it takes all types to fill it I suppose.
Nymphs. This one I'm only so so about because nymphs mostly pine over lost lovers and hang out in nature. This is also probably because I'm still playing Skyrim and spriggans are just annoying as fuck.
At one point I totally had more monsters to this list but the constant banging and machine humming going on in my house as they rip things apart and put new wood floors down is driving me insane. In short, I gotta get the fuck out of here.
No comments:
Post a Comment