List of famous monsters - Definition and Overview

Well-known monsters

• Bigfoot
• Bogeyman
• The Clutchbone
• Cthulhu
• Frankenstein's monster.
• Godzilla (see Toho Studios; kaiju)
  • Gamera
  • Mothra
  • Rodan
• Gorgon
  • Medusa
• Grendel
• Jabberwock
• King Kong
• Lernaean hydra
• Loch Ness monster
• Roc
• Scylla & Charybdis
• Sphinx
• Tarasque
• Characters in the fictional works of Monsters Inc. and Sesame Street

Famous stories involving monsters

• The myth of Bellerophon
• Beowulf
• The Call of Cthulhu
• Dracula
• Frankenstein
• Saint George
• The labors of Hercules
• The Hobbit
• Jabberwocky, in Through the Looking Glass
• Jack and the beanstalk
• The Lord of the Rings
• Saint Martha and the Tarasque
• Nibelungenlied
• The Odyssey
• The myth of Perseus
• Theseus and the minotaur