Monsters in World Culture: Introduction - What are Monsters Made Of? Persephone Braham, Spanish & Latin American & Iberian Studies. Heroes slay monsters, and children befriend them. This course presents monsters from classical mythology to the modern world: vampires and zombies, werewolves and sea monsters, Frankenstein in Baghdad, the Golem of Prague, Godzilla and Pokémon, Day of the Dead; the Hindu Rashtra, Spanish wild women; Delaware’s own Patty Cannon, and more.