Abstract
The monstrosity is one of the issues that has addressed the literature, although in the Costa Rican events little has been theorized regarding this. The legends in our country have had an important foothold, so having the possibility to address the emergence or appearance of the monster from the perspective of these tries to become one of the first approaches that, with respect to this, aims the discussion or boarding of this article. The monstrous as a supernatural manifestation, to the margin of the moral, attached or not, to this discursive approach.
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