#070 – MORE MAP MONSTERS

Medieval Art expert Asa Mittman discusses his love of monsters, the kinds of monsters that populate medieval land maps, and the persistent practice of monsterization as a cultural method for labeling “out-groups” in human interaction.

Books by Asa Mittman

• Maps and Monsters in Medieval England
• The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous
• Inconceivable Beasts: The Wonders of the East in the Beowulf Manuscript

Mentioned in the episode

• MEARCSTAPA: The experimental association for the research of cryptozoology through scholarly theory and practical application
• The Garden of Earthly Delights
• Hieronymus Bosch
• The Garden of Earthly Delights at the Prado Museum

Music

• Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys