Comment on Is there anything like a Beholder monster before 1975?
radix@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I wonder if they could have been inspired by the writings (and some illustrations) of HP Lovecraft? I’m no lore expert there, but a Beholder wouldn’t be out of place by the side of some of the others.
PositiveNoise@piefed.social 1 week ago
Yeah. Lovecraft was one of the popular authors the creators of D&D had read. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc genres did not have tons of superstars, so a lot of people were reading the same books/authors. It’s similar to how everyone had seen movies like Jason and the Argonauts.