The Playful Nature of Ancient Sea Monsters
Here Professor Denson, who previously spoke with us about Charybdis, has a very new take on some extremely old sea monsters.
Ancient Sea Monsters
Today’s guests are Camilla Asplund Ingemark and Dominic Ingemark, co-authors of several works about why ancient societies told stories about monsters. Their book Representations of Fear: Verbalising Emotion in Ancient Roman Folk Narrative (2020) explains how the act of narrating stories about monsters and other threats helps us to make sense of our lives and process our emotions: such stories can have a therapeutic power, providing a space for us to reflect on the difficulties and anxieties in our lives.