I escaped safe from my encounter with a mad sorcerer.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
— tagged with “monsters”
I escaped safe from my encounter with a mad sorcerer.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
I discovered my wife taking down her face and saw who she really is. Thank you Saint John.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
In the forest, I ran into the magic pegasus. Thanks.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
Protect me, Virgin, from a magic book. When I open it the creatures appear.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
Eulalia Tepox heard a noise late at night. It was coming from a henhouse. She grabbed a pistol and went out. There she saw a horrible being—the Chupacabra—who had killed 80 of her chicken. Eulalia started shooting at it but with no result. The monster ran away. Then doña Eulalia entrusted herself to Saint John the Baptist and now thanks for delivering her from a bigger evil. She brings this as her testimony.
San Juan Cuatlancingo, Cholula, 1973
Retablo by Adan Pacheco
Rosa Martinez had high fever for three days. She saw monsters made of transparent jelly. They wanted to devour her and opened their mouths that went to nowhere. Rosa thanks the Virgin of Zapopan for her temperature went down and she don’t have these horrible nightmares anymore.
Retablo by Maya Prieto Salazar
Señor Dario summons a being. We pray so he won’t do it.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
I went to swim and dive to watch fish. Then I met face to face with a sea monster. I was in fright thinking that he was going to attack me with its claws, since it was half-devil, half-man and half-fish and he had giant claws. But thanks to the Holy Heart the monster seemed to get scared more than me when he saw me, so he swam away rapidly. I felt relieved but still—until the mister changed his mind and came back—I swam back to the beach.
Retablo by Selva Prieto Salazar
I’m thankful to you, Saint Barbara, for blessing my kids and saving them from that demoniac encounter which happened while they were playing. They told me about it when they came home all pale and frightened.
Amanda Carril and kids
Campeche, 1938
Retablo by Unknown artist #21
A figure appeared from nowhere and gave us good advice. Thanks.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
A being from another world lived on my bull. Thanks for it didn’t hurt him.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
Holy Virgin, help us with this new superhero.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
A three-headed crocodile came out of the sea. We thought it’s the end of the world. Thanks goodness he only ate a duck and went away afterwards.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández