a monster manual?

[auntiemeesh]

My sister ani_no_mouse is doing some research on "children's and adults' beliefs about fantasy" and she is looking for some input. Her words:

In my present paper I am trying to make the claim that adults generally assume that fantasy figures have supernatural abilities or traits. One problem with this argument for me is that a) I think of monsters as fitting within a category of fantasy figures, but b) I can't think of any supernatural abilities that I think they possess. So, I hope that some of my fantastic friends can help me with this. What do you think the characteristics of monsters are (i.e., how would you describe a prototypical monster?); what supernatural characteristics do they have (i.e., abilities that are inconsistent with the natural laws governing human or non-human animal life?)

Please go to her Monsters post and tell her what you think about monsters and their supernatural abilities.

Comments

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

Thanks Meeshie!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

No problemo! :)