Illustration of Miss Petal watching Ygor tipping his hat and entering through a door with a rope in his hand
Cultural Background
Photograph of actor who played Ygor in the 1939 movie, “Son of Frankenstein”

Ygor does not appear in the original Frankenstein story. He was created for the movie Son of Frankenstein, which was released in 1939. Since then, Ygor has become a regular part of the Frankenstein story.