books.google.co.in - A culture defines monsters against what is essentially thought of as human. Creatures such as the harpy, the siren, the witch, and the half-human all threaten to destroy our sense of power and intelligence and usurp our human consciousness. In this way, monster myths actually work to define a culture's...http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Monsters_in_the_Italian_literary_imagina.html?id=EYHXWcMJf0oC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMonsters in the Italian literary imagination
