2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/64072We show that a variety of monodromy phenomena arising in geometric topology and algebraic geometry are most conveniently described in terms of quandle homomorphisms from a knot quandle associated to the base to a quandle associated to a fiber. We consider the cases of the monodromy of a branched covering, braid monodromy and the monodromy of a Lefschetz fibration.Much expanded version of math.GT/0201270, covering instances of monodromy beyond the monodromy of Lefschetz fibrationsGeometric Topologytext