Mermaids and Sea Monsters

Young, enchanting mermaids with melodious voices, gigantic monsters with ravenous jaws lurking in the depths of the ocean ready to attack sailors, beings of indefinable shapes lurking in the depths of the sea.

Beneath the surface of the water lies a fearsome, fantastic world that has aroused the curiosity and fascination of mankind since time immemorial. From the most ancient legends, handed down from generation to generation in every civilisation, to modern tales such as Pinocchio and Moby Dick, or cult creatures that have become part of the popular imagination such as Godzilla, we encounter creatures that have always been associated with the sea and water.

In this volume of The Creaturs Mythologika - Mermaids and Sea Monsters, author Alex L. Mainardi delves into the ebb and flow of this submerged universe to unearth wonderful stories and creatures. From the myth of Scylla and Charybdis to the lesser known Selkie, the Scottish mermaid seal, from the Babylonian serpent goddess Tiamat to Lovecraft's terrifying Cthulhu or Andersen's fairy tale The Little Mermaid, the people of the sea take shape in the text, enhanced by the illustrations of the Casa Ailus group of artists, revealing page after page of the most extraordinary and fantastic things hidden beneath the waves.