CHAPTER 2

Special and Popular Characters

MYTHOLOGY, MODERN AS WELL AS ANCIENT, HAS INFUSED a myriad of popular conceptions and fantasies into human thought. Some are stylized, popular, and happy characters that have become part of our life as well as entertainment, while others have drawn upon our dark imaginations and hidden fears to instill a different element to which many are drawn out of curiosity and desire to see the unknown.

HORROR CHARACTERS

Perhaps the misty world of spirits and demons offers the greatest scope for the imagination, and make-up artists’ conceptions have opened avenues of thought, sometimes heretofore inconceivable in frightening aspects and elements. Certainly, advancing technology and research in the field have produced ...

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