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Hello Deviantart! I haven't updated in forever, I know. I've been in the process of moving for a few months and it has been very frustrating because I've been drawing a lot but have been away from my computer. I wanted to share the Halloween Spirit but couldn't contribute and was bummed, until I had this genius idea! So I'll be writing up a quick summary of a monster every day, along with media that they have been introduced/featured in. I missed days 1 and 2, so I'll just add them in here as a bonus. Let us begin the terrifying journey into the world of Monsters, tonight! Grab your headphones, pull up some ambient music, snuggle up in a blanket, turn out the lights, and let us begin!
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Monster 1. The Krasue
The Krasue (Thai) or Aph (Khmer) is an entity that resides in Southeast Asian folklore, most notably in The country of Thailand, and is seen or reported throughout the country. The Krasue takes the form of a floating head (usually that of a Woman) with long, flowing hair. It's intestines, heart, lungs and spinal cord hanging loosely from the Krasue's neck, sometimes daubed with blood, and is accompanied by a Will O' the Wisp glow, which leads many who claim sightings of it to become terrified and faint. Though it's origins and powers vary from other countries like Cambodia and Indonesia, it is universally known to float around marshes, and howl long piercing, and somewhat disturbing cries into the night.
The Thai origins begin with a princess who fell in love with a soldier of one of the kingdom's warring nations. Their love was forbidden, but the Princess cared little for the consequences, and loved him on through the fighting. However, when her love was discovered, she was taken and burned at the stake. In the meantime, her lover had a witch place a spell on her so the flames would not harm her further and it succeeded! ... However, she had already suffered severe burns, so that only her head and internal organs had survived unscathed. The lover repulsed her for her terrible transformation, and she was cursed to live forever as a Krasue, lonely and angry.
The Krasue has appeared in many Asian media, such as the movie "Krasue Valentine", (2006) the movie "Ghost of Guts Eater", the film "My Mother is Arb" (or "Krasue Mom", and through the many oral tellings that have transpired for hundreds of years. Though not very popular in the west, it has a following that is hard to ignore.
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2. The Krahang
This one is a bit more humourous, and may lighten up the mood before we get on to the last monster of the night. The Krahang, or "Phi Krahang", is a male spirit in Thai Folklore. It takes the appearance of a shirtless man wearing only a loincloth. It uses two large Kradong winnowing baskets (ancient design of baskets used for seperating grain from chaff) and holds them out to its' sides in order to fly into the night sky, usually in the same areas as the Krasue. It does not flap the baskets, however; it only needs to hold them out to the sides to achieve flight. While this does seem humorous, it is highly aggressive, and will dive bomb anyone it comes into contact with wandering out late, and most people who encounter it end up hurt in some way. In fact, as recently as 2012 in Lat Bua Khao, in the Sikhia district of Thailand, there have been numerous sightings and accounts that this entity was involved in multiple assaults on women.
It has been seen in the 1991 film "Kahang", a film known as "Krahang", and was used in a Sylvania light bulb commercial. Funny how that works.
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3. Fenrir - (Fenris)
Fenris (or more commonly known as Fenrir) is a colossal, black, shaggy and disheveled wolf-like creature who comes from Norse Mythology. A son of Loki, the God of Mischief, Fenrir is a beast that, unlike the other monsters on this list so far, has dire consequences that are supposed to spell out certain doom for the world, and all existence as we know it. Fenrir is a wolf beast that has a taste for Human Blood, and has eaten many men before. He holds a special significance to Ragnarok, which is the Viking story of Armageddon, which has all the Norse gods die, which in turn destroys all humans and them the Universe, causing a new reborth of the Universe. Once Ragnarok begins, Fenrir will become so large from all the men he eats that he will be as large as a continent, or in other tellings as large as the whole world. (His lower jaw drags along and tears up the ground, and his upper jaw pierces the sky.) He will battle Odin, King of the Gods, and devour him whole, which will thence spell certain doom for the world.
Fenrir has appeared in many poems, including "Tyr and Fenrir" (1910, in which the god Tyr is responsible for tying up Fenrir to quell his power and loses his hand in the process), the "Völuspá", and in "Vafßrùönismál", as well as in the book "Der Fenriswolf", (1974). Fenrir is referenced in the game "Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front" as the name of a covert military elite force known as the "Midnight Fenrir Corps", as they grow larger and stronger with every battle they commence in.
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Well, I have one last segment here, called the "Facts to Die For", in which I offer bits of trivia about classic horror monsters that have gone un-noticed or have been mis-interpreted throughout the years. Today I'll start off our "Facts to Die For" segment with my favorite Classic Horror Monster ever... Count Dracula, the monster among men.
Did you know?
-Count Dracula is actually based on the real life Vlad Tepes, who fought off Muslim crusaders who tried to enter Romania (then the region of Transylvania, Castlevania which spawned the game series) in the late 1400s to preserve Christianity and the freedoms of the people of Europe. In order to frighten them away, he actually did impale prisoners of war on stakes and left them near the borders of his nation, to frighten away the invaders. He did not drink their blood though, that was a rumor.He gets his name from his father, who was Vlad Dracul II, who was sworn under the knights of the Dragon (Dracul), so he was known as Vlad Dracula III, for the sons of Title Owners had an "A" added to the end of their name if they inherited the title/rank. He describes this and his conquests early on in the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. (A wonderful read, I highly suggest it).
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Welp, that's all I have for today. I hope you guys have a wonderful night, and I look forward to celebrating Halloween. Good night, watch your windows, hang up some garlic, carry a cross, and sleep tight. Don't let the Count bite!
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Monster 1. The Krasue
The Krasue (Thai) or Aph (Khmer) is an entity that resides in Southeast Asian folklore, most notably in The country of Thailand, and is seen or reported throughout the country. The Krasue takes the form of a floating head (usually that of a Woman) with long, flowing hair. It's intestines, heart, lungs and spinal cord hanging loosely from the Krasue's neck, sometimes daubed with blood, and is accompanied by a Will O' the Wisp glow, which leads many who claim sightings of it to become terrified and faint. Though it's origins and powers vary from other countries like Cambodia and Indonesia, it is universally known to float around marshes, and howl long piercing, and somewhat disturbing cries into the night.
The Thai origins begin with a princess who fell in love with a soldier of one of the kingdom's warring nations. Their love was forbidden, but the Princess cared little for the consequences, and loved him on through the fighting. However, when her love was discovered, she was taken and burned at the stake. In the meantime, her lover had a witch place a spell on her so the flames would not harm her further and it succeeded! ... However, she had already suffered severe burns, so that only her head and internal organs had survived unscathed. The lover repulsed her for her terrible transformation, and she was cursed to live forever as a Krasue, lonely and angry.
The Krasue has appeared in many Asian media, such as the movie "Krasue Valentine", (2006) the movie "Ghost of Guts Eater", the film "My Mother is Arb" (or "Krasue Mom", and through the many oral tellings that have transpired for hundreds of years. Though not very popular in the west, it has a following that is hard to ignore.
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2. The Krahang
This one is a bit more humourous, and may lighten up the mood before we get on to the last monster of the night. The Krahang, or "Phi Krahang", is a male spirit in Thai Folklore. It takes the appearance of a shirtless man wearing only a loincloth. It uses two large Kradong winnowing baskets (ancient design of baskets used for seperating grain from chaff) and holds them out to its' sides in order to fly into the night sky, usually in the same areas as the Krasue. It does not flap the baskets, however; it only needs to hold them out to the sides to achieve flight. While this does seem humorous, it is highly aggressive, and will dive bomb anyone it comes into contact with wandering out late, and most people who encounter it end up hurt in some way. In fact, as recently as 2012 in Lat Bua Khao, in the Sikhia district of Thailand, there have been numerous sightings and accounts that this entity was involved in multiple assaults on women.
It has been seen in the 1991 film "Kahang", a film known as "Krahang", and was used in a Sylvania light bulb commercial. Funny how that works.
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3. Fenrir - (Fenris)
Fenris (or more commonly known as Fenrir) is a colossal, black, shaggy and disheveled wolf-like creature who comes from Norse Mythology. A son of Loki, the God of Mischief, Fenrir is a beast that, unlike the other monsters on this list so far, has dire consequences that are supposed to spell out certain doom for the world, and all existence as we know it. Fenrir is a wolf beast that has a taste for Human Blood, and has eaten many men before. He holds a special significance to Ragnarok, which is the Viking story of Armageddon, which has all the Norse gods die, which in turn destroys all humans and them the Universe, causing a new reborth of the Universe. Once Ragnarok begins, Fenrir will become so large from all the men he eats that he will be as large as a continent, or in other tellings as large as the whole world. (His lower jaw drags along and tears up the ground, and his upper jaw pierces the sky.) He will battle Odin, King of the Gods, and devour him whole, which will thence spell certain doom for the world.
Fenrir has appeared in many poems, including "Tyr and Fenrir" (1910, in which the god Tyr is responsible for tying up Fenrir to quell his power and loses his hand in the process), the "Völuspá", and in "Vafßrùönismál", as well as in the book "Der Fenriswolf", (1974). Fenrir is referenced in the game "Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front" as the name of a covert military elite force known as the "Midnight Fenrir Corps", as they grow larger and stronger with every battle they commence in.
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Well, I have one last segment here, called the "Facts to Die For", in which I offer bits of trivia about classic horror monsters that have gone un-noticed or have been mis-interpreted throughout the years. Today I'll start off our "Facts to Die For" segment with my favorite Classic Horror Monster ever... Count Dracula, the monster among men.
Did you know?
-Count Dracula is actually based on the real life Vlad Tepes, who fought off Muslim crusaders who tried to enter Romania (then the region of Transylvania, Castlevania which spawned the game series) in the late 1400s to preserve Christianity and the freedoms of the people of Europe. In order to frighten them away, he actually did impale prisoners of war on stakes and left them near the borders of his nation, to frighten away the invaders. He did not drink their blood though, that was a rumor.He gets his name from his father, who was Vlad Dracul II, who was sworn under the knights of the Dragon (Dracul), so he was known as Vlad Dracula III, for the sons of Title Owners had an "A" added to the end of their name if they inherited the title/rank. He describes this and his conquests early on in the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. (A wonderful read, I highly suggest it).
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Welp, that's all I have for today. I hope you guys have a wonderful night, and I look forward to celebrating Halloween. Good night, watch your windows, hang up some garlic, carry a cross, and sleep tight. Don't let the Count bite!
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