Muslim monsters occupied map edges alongside other monstrous races.

Evidence

Gothic monsters differ from their predecessors by virtue of their mobility (among other features). These creatures often travel to London and other European sites, violating the borders that keep Christians safe. Gothic’s resurrection of medievalism is seen in its storylines, characters, settings, and accoutrements. Gothic Muslim monsters have a “diabolic monstrosity” similar to the Muslim monsters examined in earlier eras. They enjoy the hunt and the kill. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 426 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Pre-modern monsters were geographically bounded to the edges of the known world.; Medieval Saracen monsters were placed geographically at Christian territory’s edges; Medieval theologically-oriented maps placed monstrous races farthest from Jerusalem. (+9 more)

Related

• Gothic Muslim monsters distinguish themselves by crossing borders into Christian Europe (similarity 0.92)
• Medieval Christians mapped monsters onto dark wild and borderland places. (similarity 0.92)
• Orientalist monsters could migrate across religious and ethnic targets at will (similarity 0.91)
• Muslim monsters were located in distant God-forgotten lands beyond the borders. (similarity 0.90)
• The Gothic Muslim monster’s novel feature was mobility that crossed Christian borders. (similarity 0.87)
• Medieval theologically-oriented maps placed monstrous races farthest from Jerusalem. (similarity 0.87)
• Medieval Christians inhabited a world where monsters coexisted with humans everywhere (similarity 0.87)
• Gothic literature resurrected medieval geography of Muslim monsters (similarity 0.87)
• Monster representation shifted from fixed periphery to Gothic mobility in modernity (similarity 0.86)
• Medieval Muslim-monster imagery persists today through Gothic horror and Orientalism (similarity 0.84)
• Pre-modern monsters were geographically contained while Saracens inhabited sunless evil lands (similarity 0.83)
• Medieval maps placed Saracens at the territorial edges as boundary monsters (similarity 0.82)
• Muslims were mapped as monstrous dog-headed races occupying the non-human edges of the world (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval maps situated Muslim monsters among alienated non-human races at world’s edges (similarity 0.82)
• Medieval Muslim monsters inherited Classical categories and predated real encounters. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Gothic Muslim monsters distinguish themselves by crossing borders into Christian Europe #expands (0.55) — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 426
• Orientalist monsters could migrate across religious and ethnic targets at will #expands (0.50)
• Orientalist monsters shifted from animal hybrids to demonized Muslim men #qualifies (0.45)
• Medieval female Muslim monsters fused misogyny and racism #exemplifies (0.40) — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 189