Symbolic and Allegorical Themes

A monstrous beast with a thousand tongues in Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene," representing slander, abuse, and malicious speech.

A loathsome hag and the mother of Furor in Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene."

A madman and personification of uncontrollable rage in Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene."

A haunting tale from the 13th century, where the knight Greu, guided by Merlin, confronts a monstrous creature that turns men into stone.