Living among beasts -- Map: a world of creatures -- OUR WORST FEARS: The girl who met the Loogaroo -- Perseus and Medusa -- Monstrous women -- The Monster of the Nile -- -- Ancient Nubia -- Beasts of the Nile -- Tiyanak steals a baby -- The Ponaturi kidnap Tawhaki's family -- Ife and the deep water -- BATTLES WITH MONSTERS: Durga fights the Buffalo Demon -- Ra and Set versus the Enemy of Light -- Dangerous dragons and slithering snakes -- The Twins save the world from Yeitso -- The sorcerer battles Nguruvilu -- Half-human beasts -- Bellerophon and Pegasus flight the Chimera -- Magical horses -- Apukohai, Monster of the Deep -- Under the sea -- KIND BEASTS: Fanfeng's sacrifice -- Fear of others -- Holawaka's secret -- Beasts we love -- Zipacna and the four hundred boy-gods -- Catching a unicorn -- The Indus Valley -- The Moon Woman and the Moon Rabbit -- HARNESSING THE POWER OF BEASTS: Pazuzu and Lamashtu -- Great guardians -- The riddle of the Sphinx -- Divine felines -- Aralez and the power of life and death -- Sleipnir and Hermood in the afterlife -- Beasts that fly -- Aziza and the secret skills -- Creatures of the afterlife -- The Wise Kitsune's gift -- Why do we believe in monsters?