Writer's Fallout Shelter

Just popped in and found this interesting discussion!

I liked your response, Liam, but would add that mythical monsters can be based on reality in a symbolic sense. Take biblical creatures, for example. When a biblical author writes about a beast with many horns, he doesn't necessarily mean that in a literal sense. Horns can represent strength, power, glory, exaltation, or pride. They can also represent kings or kingdoms. So I imagine some ancient cultures might have had stories or rituals that the people at that time understood to be symbolic. Then that understanding was later forgotten and the monsters took on a life of their own, so to speak!