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Anti-arachnophobia and Spiders in Literature

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Spiders are often demonized in the media, which arguably contributes to arachnophobia being a very common phobia. Shelob in The Lord of the Rings, for example, has been terrifying children for 20 years (in the movie alone). However, in Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky, spiders are formidable, but not evil. They are intelligent and ultimately work with humans. In Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, spiders are friends who can carry messages and hel…
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the-artifice.com broke the news in on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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