Chapter 3

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION 

SUMMARY: 
The paper attempted to determine the bad effects of Mythical Creature.

The research design used in this study is called the action and research method. This research design is used in work community situations and solutions driven research. The research findings are the following:

1. Mythical creatures are popular.
2. Parents read tales about mythical creatures to kids.
3. Films and movies are sometimes based in myths.
4. A lot of kids are influenced by mythical creatures.

CONCLUSIONS: 
1. Mythical creatures causes fear to children.
2. Mythical creatures can cause Nightmares, Trauma and Phobia.

RECOMMENDATIONS1. Parents - We should learn to stop introducing mythical creatures to kids because their minds are way too young to believe because they cannot even tell the difference between fantasy and reality.

2. Film Makers - they should be basing myths on books and not use their creative minds to do scripts in creating movies about mythical creature that would make false statements that is contradicting in novels.

References: 
A. electronic media

Oxford, "Mythical Creatures" retrieved April 17, 2013 from http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195146561.001.0001/acref-9780195146561-e-2303

Fallon, Claire (2013) "9 Children's Books That Terrified Us" retrieved April 17, 2014 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claire-fallon/9-kids-books-that-terrifi_b_4178249.html

Wheatley, Cliff (2014) "The Most Influential Monsters in movie History" retrieved April 18, 2014
from http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/06/the-most-influential-monsters-in-movie-history www.st-andrews.ac.uk (2011) "Mythical sea creatures can reveal scientific truth" retrieved April 18, 2014  from http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2011/title,71602,en.phpSolter, Aletha "Child afraid of night-time monsters" retrieved April 18, 2014
from http://www.awareparenting.com/answer2.htm
TPSicotte "Bed Time: When Young Children are Afraid of Monsters" retrieved April 18, 2014from http://tpsicotte.hubpages.com/hub/Bed-Time-Young-Children-Afraid-of-Monsters
Dr.  Louise, Rita (2013) "The Alien Agenda: Myth, Underground Bases and the Et Presence " retrieved April 18, 2014  from http://ufodigest.com/article/underground-bases-0831Bostrom, Nick  "The fable of the dragon tyrant " retrieved April 15, 2014
from http://philosophynow.org/issues/89/The_Fable_of_the_Dragon-TyrantDr. Seigfried, Carl (2013) "The thor movies and norse mythology" retrieved April 15, 2014
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from http://www.brothermel.org/sites/default/files/articles/The_Boogey_Man_Called_False_Tongues.pdf

Chapter 2: DISCUSSION

 In what ways could Mythical creatures be bad for kids?

I.  Definition of Mythical Creatures
   
Myths and legends have provided us with some truly horrifying monsters. Mythical Creatures is bad for kids as the researcher said, mythical creatures is a n imagination of children, it's only a myth that many believes. They can be bad for children in the way telling them a story it can scare them traumatize them or they can have phobia. The phobia or fear for mythical creature's is called Cryptozoophobia. Parents have been inventing stories about monsters to scare their children for them to obey and it is effective for centuries. Mythical Creatures are species that never been seen. Though, some say they have detected creatures that a normal people can't imagine. Mythical creatures are monsters that well-known in folklore and myth. They are legendary creatures that at one point believed to be real beings.

Mythical Creatures according from the Oxford, "Mythical creatures associated with children's literature are often amalgamations of common animals and sometimes combinations of beast and man. Some of the mythical figures known to children are dragons, griffons, satyrs, centaurs, unicorns, and Pegasus. Many of them have their origins in various world mythologies" (http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195146561.001.0001/acref-9780195146561-e-2303).

Examples of popular mythical creatures are the Cuco the Child Eater, Black Annis, BabaYaga, and Kappha.
     "Cuco" the Child Eater one of the most famous in Hispanic countries. The Cuco is a mysterious being name-dropped in various traditional lullabies as a horrible, unknowable whatsit with an appetite for the restless. A Latino version of "Rock-a-Bye Baby," for instance, can be translated as "sleep little child, sleep now, or the Cuco will come and eat you.This belief affected many children in Hispanic countries.
     "Black Annis, Baba Yaga and Other Creepy Old People"In England they have Black Annis, who lived in a cave dug out with her own iron claws and wore the tanned hides of naughty children as a skirt. The Slavic Baba Yaga lived in a dancing chicken-leg hut and rode a magic cauldron when she ventured out to go hunting for kids. This belief made children lessen eating candies but the joy being a child just been vanished.
      "The Kappa", Kappa are sometimes said to be out-of-control rapists. Instead of a brain, these slimy duck-billed turtle people simply have a hole on their head filled with water, Kappa factor into a lot of Japanese myths and,  they do their share of boogeying on the side. Parents told their children that a Kappa might attack them if they play by a lake or river unattended, and the critters are used on warning signs even to this day. This belief gives children trauma to not swim anymore in lakes or rivers. and its a bad thing.

II.   Reasons why people believe in mythical creatures

A. Mythical stories
There are several stories about mythical creatures or shall we call monsters. Stories of them are so popular that it is all read by many, even in schools, libraries, and mostly read in house's. Some of the stories are enchanted, exciting, and adventurous but, there will be no excitement if the story is not frightening. Mythical creatures in stories are made to entertain and to scare people. And that so, it will affect the society and it will bring fear to the public.

Mythical Stories are believed by many children. They're the one who's mostly been affected by the stories. The minds of children are to wild and that's why they are easily to believed. And that so, children can have illness of trauma or phobia a condition that can't be easily removed. There's a proof that children are mostly affected to the stories.

Claire Fallon wrote an article about "9 Children's Books That Terrified Us", Its natural we protect our kids from whom who hurt them. We read them bed time stories before they sleep kiss them before they fall asleep but, why does other parents read them terrifying stories? Scary stories is one of the way to discipline their children it is the way to obey them. Many writers and experts believe children actually benefit from reading stories that frighten or unsettle.

Claire also mentioned "Some psychologists have suggested that children can learn to cope with the frightening realities of their world -- possible loss of parents, interpersonal conflict -- by exploring these darker facts of life in the safe, fictional world of a storybook"(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claire-fallon/9-kids-books-that-terrifi_b_4178249.html).

There are different ways to discipline their children. Parents should be the one to blame why kids are suffering Trauma or phobia.

B. Mythical movies
Mythological creatures are popular now this days. that's why there are many movies that involve in mythical creatures like "Harry Potter'', ''Narnia'', ''The Hobbit'', and ''Lord of the Rings''. This movies influence people. And that's why some people especially the children believe in mythical creatures, because of the fact that this creatures are shown in movies.

Cliff Wheatley wrote an article about "The Most Influential Monsters in movie History". Taking us from Nosferatu to Jurassic Park, We thought the most important movie monsters in the history was the time to take a look at. The Universal Monster movies was produced through 1948 and the movie Dracula, is the reason why people influenced in Mythical movies.

Cliff Wheatley mentioned that, "Movie monsters can come in many forms. They can be giant beasts created by the shortcomings of mankind, or they can be super-killers that haunt us from beyond the grave. From vampires to dinosaurs to giant apes to zombies and beyond, the movie monster has been a staple of cinema since the earliest of horror movies in the late 19th century"(http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/06/the-most-influential-monsters-in-movie-history).

Because of this, Mythical  movies like Dracula, Frankenstein , Godzilla and etc. people are motivated to watch. Whats a movie if there's no antagonist, And because of that people will gather information about mythical monsters. They will know the characteristics of a monster and they will apply it to people for what they see. Judgement of people will take over which is a bad effect.

C. Science in Mythical Creatures
When it comes to science monsters and myth are nothing. Well, the word Science is big term of explanation. All of the philosophy has an answer when it comes to science, there's always contradictions and conflict just to prove that its studies are correct. And also according to science the study of Mythical creatures is called the Cryptozoology.

On the site www.st-andrews.ac.uk, the article was about "Mythical sea creatures can reveal scientific truth". According to Dr. Charles Paxton, Sighting a Monster can provide an important data statisticaly. And he also studyied the anecdotes about creatures, such as Kraken or the Loch ness monster, that can reveal information regarding human perception.

Dr. Paxton said, “If you look at the distribution of reported distances of sea monster accounts, they're much closer than you would expect by chance alone” 
(http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2011/title,71602,en.php).

According to what Dr. Paxton said  the creature will only reveal itself if there only very few people around,because the fewer of people the higher percentage it will reveal itself.

III. Mythical Creature Effects to Children

A. Fear
Children are the most fearful people to all. There the one who gain more impact of fear than adults. And that's why children are one of the most affected in terms of fear. Many of kids' fears seems ridiculous to us adult but to them the world is full of threats more than that we know. Most fears fade when kids develop, but if your child's fear continue and consume him, he'll need your help to overcome them.Scariest mythological creatures from around the world that causes fear to children an effect that a child can have when it comes story telling or watching movies. Some children are more sensitive and emotional in their feelings and that's why children is mostly affected when it comes in scaring.

Aletha Solter wrote an article entitled, "Child afraid of night-time monsters". Most children feel less fearful when a parent is nearby. They have real needs to be physically close to somebody who will protect them against all imagined dangers. Fear is very common to a kid between the ages of three and eight. Their fear comes from what they heard in a story, and what they see in movies. They feel powerless in a world that is sometimes confusing and frightening.

Aletha Solter also mentioned that "I personally feel that movies should be screened very carefully for young children, because there are often scenes of separation, loss, danger, or violence, with frightening creatures. Most movies marketed to children are not appropriate for children under the age of seven or eight years. But please don't blame yourself for letting your son watch ET. You had no way of knowing how it would affect him" (http://www.awareparenting.com/answer2.htm).

Scary monsters that is shown in wide screens should be more careful. Because sometimes children can't control their emotions and it might causes them trauma, And also for the parents we should guide our children in terms in watching don't allow them to watch if you know that the movie that is shown is to violent and frightening.

B. Nightmares
Fear, horror, despair, anxiety and great sadness is one of the reasons why nightmares response.
Sleeping in an awkward position can may also cause nightmares even having a fever, eating before going to sleep can increase and activate your body's metabolism and brain activity, that causes strong motivation for nightmares.

TPSicotte wrote an article entitled "Bed Time: When Young Children are Afraid of Monsters". This article children has a wild imaginations that is why they are scared sometimes in sleeping because they are imagining things that are somewhat not normal for others to see. As a kid they still cannot really distinguishing the reality, fantasy and they tend to mix things up so that's why they are really afraid of monsters because they think they were really real even though it is just a dream.

TPSicotte also stated that, "It is typical for young children to have a good imagination and to believe in magical creatures and monsters. Between the ages of three and six many kids have a difficult time separating the fantasy world from the real world" (http://tpsicotte.hubpages.com/hub/Bed-Time-Young-Children-Afraid-of-Monsters).

Kids are really imaginative and their thoughts in their minds are not yet in correspond with the real world so that's why some of them always imagine monsters. Because they are always scared with things that they don't know.

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

                                                                
                                                                        
                  

A. Background of the Study

Mythical creatures are popular. Mythical creatures has been reported to be seen throughout the globe and many says that they really exist and they believe that their existence provides balance in our nature. Mythical creatures like bigfoot, monsters, vampires and aliens that is popular to the western countries.

In an article called  "The Alien Agenda: Myth, Underground Bases and the Et Presence by Dr. Rita Louise. According to the article there are stories about the place Dulce in New Mexico, where physicist and inventor Paul Bennewits claimed that he discovered an underground base occupied by extraterrestrial being or an Alien. Dr. Rita also mentioned that Dulce is not the only place where underground base exist. It said that United States, Australia, Antartica, and South America is also connected via series of channels connect to another. But there are no proof, and so they turn to Mythology for answers, but some claim from the UFO community treated more like science fiction rather than facts. and she also stated "He also asserted that the extraterrestrials were engaging in the development of advanced technology including genetic manipulation"(http://ufodigest.com/article/underground-bases-0831)

Parents read tales about mythical creatures to kids. Parents read tales about mythical creatures to kids to somehow help their curiosity and sometimes to scare them.

In an article called The fable of the dragon tyrant by Nick Bostrom. Dragons are known as Gods and they are feared by people. Dragons are known to be likely add malevolent, mendacious, and menacing. They are believed to eat people. and he also mentioned "ten thousand men and women had to be delivered every evening at the onset of dark to the foot of the mountain where it lived"(http://philosophynow.org/issues/89/The_Fable_of_the_Dragon-Tyrant) and with that thought kids who knows the fable are scared when the full moon comes.

Films and movies are sometimes based on myth. The Entertainment industry has always been adopting films from myths because they are popular to many people. An example is Van Helsing(2004) derived from a novel from Irish author Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

In article called The thor movies and norse mythology by Dr. Carl Seigfried. Norse mythology, as it survives in the written record, presents the gods as very complicated individuals. Reducing each of them to a single nickname like (God of thunder) really oversimplifies things. they're known as Supernatural Icons in the film. he also added "If we are going to take this material seriously, we need to ask: what is the function of the god? (http://www.norsemyth.org/2013/11/the-thor-movies-and-norse-mythology.html) this explains that the industry doesn't really follow the myths but they exaggerate them.

A lot of kids are influenced by mythical creatures. Kids are infulenced by mythical creatures because they are awesome and the fact that these creatures have super powers it makes them want to be them. On the other hand, they are not just inspired because they are awesome, sometimes kids are influence to myhthical creatures because they are scary. Kids change how they think themselves their imaginations are too wild and big we cant tell what are they thinking. 

The researcher read an article called "The Boogeyman Called".  By Mel C. Montgomery. According to the article Boogeyman is a imaginary  monster we sometimes frighten small children with. It is a way to scare little children in bed to discipline children in good behavior. Boogeyman is only effective in  immature minds like childrens. Mel also stated that "Sometimes also, when faced with a situation of which they are unfamiliar or for which they have no 
explanation, such as the sudden death of a family pet, or the appearance of a wart, children will exclaim, "The Boogeyman did it!" . Having the fear of boogeyman is what changes the kids attitude. It influences them to obey to not be taken by the said monster.(http://www.brothermel.org/sites/default/files/articles/The_Boogey_Man_Called_False_Tongues.pdf)

Mythical Creatures are believed because they are introduced by parents to children in ways of story telling, comics, games, shows, and many more. However, they are believed researcher thinks that believing in Mythical Creatures is bad.
Understanding the effects of their believes would help us understand the Bad effects of their exposure to the public and encouraging people to disbelief Mythical Creatures because of the fact that don't really exist

The purpose  of this paper is to make people knowledgeable about the bad effects of Mythical Creatures to kids.

B. Statement of the Problem 

This study aims to answer the question:

1. In what ways could Mythical creatures be bad for kids?


C. Significance of the Study

Parents and Adults :  This research paper will help them to understand more about mythical creatures, to why myth or legend are important to the children's imaginations and why is mythical creatures are important to society. Moreover, the researcher is encouraging people to read and learn more about mythical creatures and to discover the hidden meaning of its myth.

Philosopher : This research paper will be helpful for professionals they will gain more knowledge about this research paper and it is a truly benefit especially when it is concerned about the real truth about mythical creatures or the hidden truth about mythical creatures. And also this research paper will push them to interest and to do more studies.

Future Researcher : This research paper will be help to the researcher especially if it's similar to their research. This paper will  help them relate the study of Mythological creatures. And also in the process of their research they might be able to apply the information given in this paper. 


D. Scope and Delimitation

This study focused to the stories and real truth behind the said mythical creatures. To how does mythical creatures applied in society. And also the researcher discuss the similarities and characteristics of the study.

Though there are several of studies about this research. The researcher didn't discussed about the Culture of the mythical creatures because of lack of information's, reliable and factual sources.

E.   Materials and Methods

In this research, the materials used to gather the information the researcher have gathered was mostly from articles found online that focuses on the myth of the unreal creatures.

By inspecting these compiled information, they can be presented by the use of writing through the form of recording the mythical creature's benefits and connecting them with how they are useful to the society.

F. Definition of Terms

1. Aliens a foreign, a visitor from another planet. 

2. Dracula a famous and a legendary vampire. And also known as Vlad III Dracula. Dracula means "son of Dracul' in Romanian or 'Son of the Devil'. He is also the Walachian Prince in the past 15th century.  

3. Dragons a legendary creature or a mythical beast. A giant reptile that breaths fire, a snake headed like body , thick metallic skin, and has a big strong wings.

4. Elves are monstrous mythical creatures that looks like men that have an average height of 4 to 5 feet, Ears that pointed outwards, long uncut hair.

5. Medusa a monster, beast or a gorgon. With dragon body formed and snake headed hair. Medusa is the "Serpent Goddess' and the protector or the Guardians of women.

6. Phoenix a mythological bird that is associated with the Egyptian and Asian culture, which has a tail of gold and scarlet and a colorful plumage.
(https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Phoenix_(mythology).html)

7. Werewolf also known as Wolf man, Beast, or a Lycanthropes. Werewollf is a half human and a wolf.