How big is your...monster?

For this post, I will use some double entendre and make some jokes in this post but I promise you...I'm actually talking about supernatural beings.

There are lots of monsters in world folklore and mythology. Some of them are considered small, some large. When you think of monsters, you probably consider them anywhere from say "gremlins" (the 1980's movie variety) to Godzilla...several of the 1990's varieties, right?

Well, the good news is, you'd be spot on if films were the only source of story telling. The bad news is, you obviously haven't read enough stories about monsters to really make that call.

I, however,...have. We'll start with the "pouch metaphor"

Again, I have to stress that truly supernatural creatures don't really have a form, per se, so this is a seriously silly simplification. Obviously the A-Size pouch, "Gremlin to werewolf size" is for garden variety monsters; human sized, in general...the z-listers. No disrespect to these monsters but in terms of size and story depth...below average.

B-size monsters are still the stuff of nightmare in children's stories everywhere. Ogres that live under bridges, giant skeletons of samurai warriors that were buried improperly,

"TROLL! There's a troll in the dungeon! Just thought you ought to know!... all fit comfortably in a B-size pouch.

C-sizers...now that's saying something. Dragons, of course, to a western audience mean something entirely different than to an Eastern one. But whether they breathe fire and have sinewy wings or they're dispensing Buddhist wisdom from the clouds...they can find comfort and support in a C-size pouch.

Now, D-sizers...that's when we start to head out of established territory. Have you seen the various Godzilla size charts? They're just fantastic...in fact, here's one now!!

If you've watched the originals, you'll note that initially, Godzilla was large enough to knock down a building with one giant forearm...but as the years went on...movie making got better, cgi came in and suddenly...he's large enough to destroy Honolulu without much effort.

(I hear you saying..."wait...Godzilla is a supernatural creature? Isn't he simply part of a film franchise based on Japanese fears of the atomic bomb?"...well, yes and no...Godzilla as a concept defies our definitions..in the 2000-something film, they call him a god...so...)

Essentially, I'm making the statement that any "other worldly creature" can be considered supernatural given cultural space.

Anyway...once they slip into a D-pouch, there's no turning back...they are now and will always remain...the biggest monster...

Don't get me wrong...I stand by what I said earlier...true supernatural creatures are essentially formless...a story could conceivably have an A-pouch Godzilla (as in the case of Korea's "Pulgasari" or an B-pouch ant (in the case of the delightfully fun, American "Them")

I want to mention though...that some "size comparisons" are just ridiculous...

If you've watched the show or read the manga, you know that Shen-Long (incidentally...the Chinese term for "dragon god") could wrap himself around Smaug several times over and still have room to grant wishes.

Much like underwear for men that expects the organ size to relate to waist size...no?

Then there are other comparisons that don't measure from the base....as it were...

King Gidora isn't as large as the new Godzilla...etc...

Perhaps you're asking yourself...what's larger than that? Well, to get any larger, we'd have to go into science fiction (as in a very Lovecraft holiday's "Yogsothoth" or "Azathoth);

large enough to expand through entire galaxies..

."I'm sorry sir, we simply don't carry undergarments for a gentleman of your....proportions. Perhaps you should consider a tailor?"