Thursday, November 4, 2010

Eastern and Western Monsters Are Surprisingly Similar



In light of this information I would like to pose a question.  Are the monsters of different cultures so different because of some complex psychological aspect of humanity or because these creatures actually existed (or still do exist)?

To the present day there are sightings of Bigfoot-like creatures all over the world, from the United States to Russia to China.  Dragons are another cross-cultural cryptid.  It seems that if Bigfoot/Yeti/Sasquatch is an actual creature then it still exists in remote places, but what about dragons?  Did they exist at one time and went extinct?  Were they just figments of our imaginations?  Maybe the legends of dragons actually come from large lizards left over from the age of the dinosaurs such as the creatures reported in remote parts of the African jungles.

What I’m getting at is that we should consider why such different cultures have such similar monsters.  Are we wired to invent the same creatures or did these things actually terrorize us in the distant past?  Personally, I think it could go either way.  The similarities are definitely eerie.  What do you think?

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