Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. Introduction: A Marvel of Monsters 1
5. The Epic of Gilgamesh 7
6. The Bible 17
7. Hesiod, Theogony 25
8. Homer, The Odyssey, Odysseus and his Men Encounter the Cyclops 33
9. Bust of Polyphemus 42
10. Pliny the Elder, Natural History 43
11. Ovid, Metamorphoses, Lycaon and Cadmus 49
12. St. Augustine of Hippo, City of God 55
13. Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley) 61
14. The Wonders of the East 67
15. Donestre, Huntress, and Boar-Tusked Women 71
16. Beowulf 73
17. Modern Images of Grendel 87
18. Marie de France, Bisclavret 89
19. Völsunga saga (The Saga of the Volsungs) 93
20. The Life of Saint Christopher 101
21. Illumination of Saint Christopher 108
22. The Alliterative Morte Arthure 109
23. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 117
24. Ambroise Paré, On Monsters 129
25. Renaissance Figures of Monsters 135
26. The Faerie Queene 137
27. The Tempest 143
28. Images of Caliban 158
29. A Discourse Concerning Prodigies: Wherein the Vanity of Presages by them is Reprehended, and their True and Proper Ends are Indicated 159
30. Paradise Lost 163
31. Frankenstein, Or The Modern Prometheus 179
32. Frankenstein Frontispiece 183
33. “William Wilson” 185
34. “Goblin Market” 197
35. Illustration of Buy From Us With A Golden Curl 204
36. “Jabberwocky” 205
37. Illustration of Jabberwocky 207
38. “The Damned Thing" 209
39. Dracula 215
40. Frontispiece to Bram Stoker, Dracula 223
41. “Ancient Sorceries” 225
42. “The Call of Cthulhu” 247
43. Sketch of Cthulhu 262
44. “Shambleau” 263
45. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 277
46. “It!” 283
47. “Fever Dream” 295
48. “The Faceless Thing” 299
49. Grendel 303
50. “Secret Observations on the Goat-Girl” 329
51. Oryx and Crake 333
52. Slender Man 345
53. The SCP (Special Containment Procedures) Foundation 347
54. Contributor Biographies 353