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Monsters


Witches, golems, vampires, demons and more horrible creatures.



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Christ healing the blind,Christ casting out the devil. From the Biblia Latina,Canon of the Evangelists. Late 12th, Ms 10 fol.128 verso.
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Christ healing the blind,Christ casting out the devil. From the Biblia Latina,C...

The Gadarene swine or the exorcism of "a legion" of demons from a man. Mark 5:1-10). Jesus and an apostle. Mosaic (6th)
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The Gadarene swine or the exorcism of "a legion" of demons from a man. Mark 5:1...

The Gadarene swine or the exorcism of "a legion" of demons from a man. Mark 5:1-10). Mosaic (6th)
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The Gadarene swine or the exorcism of "a legion" of demons from a man. Mark 5:1...

Scenes from the Life of Pope Gregory the Great. Upper register:Gregory visits the construction site of an abbey.Lower register:Gregory exorcising a demon. From Vincent de Beauvais:Miroir Historial,French,15th Ms 722/1196 fol.8 verso.
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Scenes from the Life of Pope Gregory the Great. Upper register:Gregory v...

Anastasis: Christ standing on the broken gates of hell, he pulls Adam and Eve to salvation. The guardian of Hades lies bound and gagged at Christ's feet. Around 1315. King's Church, Kraljeva Crkva, (King's Church) Studenica Monastery. Detail
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Anastasis: Christ standing on the broken gates of hell, he pulls Adam a...

Hunchbacked man from the consols under the roofs of the church of San Martin de Fromista, Spain. Such figures, demons, animals, or crippled humans were thought to drive away outside demons. Around 1066
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Hunchbacked man from the consols under the roofs of the church of San Mar...

The capitals of San Martin de Fromista, Spain. Capital with the Aesopian fable of the raven, the fox and the cheese. Demons on the sides. San Martin de Fromista lies on the pilgrims' route to Santiago de Compostela. Around 1066
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The capitals of San Martin de Fromista, Spain. Capital with the Aesopia...

Murals in the church of the Benedictine monastery of Lambach,Upper Austria.The frescos,late-Ottonian,date from before 1090,year of the consecration of the the church.Christ drives out a demon from a possessed man in the synagogue of Caphernaum,watched by groups of men
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Murals in the church of the Benedictine monastery of Lambach,Upper Austria.Th...

Detail of saddle 17-01-02/23, Heracles slaying the Hydra of Lerna. Part of Farnese Armour, a present to Alessandro Farnese (1545-1592), famous general and governor of the Netherlands. See 17-01-02/1-28. 1578. Milan workshop, bluesteel, gold and silver, Inv. A 1132
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Detail of saddle 17-01-02/23, Heracles slaying the Hydra of Lerna. Part of...

The rock of the Scylla. The rock lies on the Calabrian coast at the Straits of Messina.
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The rock of the Scylla. The rock lies on the Calabrian coast at the Straits of...

The rock of Scylla, once a beautiful young woman, lover of the sea-god Glaukos. The magician Kirke was jealous and changed her into the horrid monster, the Skylla, with six heads and three rows of teeth in every one.
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The rock of Scylla, once a beautiful young woman, lover of the sea-god Glaukos....

The rock of Scylla, once a beautiful young woman, lover of the sea-god Glaukos. The magician Kirke was jealous and changed her into the horrid monster, the Skylla, with six heads and three rows of teeth in every one.
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The rock of Scylla, once a beautiful young woman, lover of the sea-god Glaukos....