Echidna - Mythopedia
2023年3月22日 · Echidna was a female serpent-monster of Greek mythology, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto. She was usually represented with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a serpent. Echidna mated with another monster, Typhoeus, and together they spawned a new generation of monsters, including Cerberus, the Chimera, the Hydra, and Orthus
Hydra - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · A 2009 monster movie, titled simply Hydra, was also inspired by the many-headed serpent of Greek mythology. Moreover, the name “Hydra” was given to a villainous organization in the Marvel Comics and Marvel Cinematic Universe; the organization’s name is evocative of its wide reach and numerous members, and its motto is an allusion to the ...
Chimera – Mythopedia
2023年3月22日 · The origins of the Chimera are obscure. Ancient sources agreed that the hybrid monster was the offspring of Typhoeus and Echidna and lived somewhere in Lycia. According to Homer’s Iliad, the Chimera was raised by a certain Amisodarus to be “a bane to many men.” Beyond this detail, the Chimera only shows up in the mythology of Bellerophon.
Orthus – Mythopedia
2023年3月24日 · Gantz, Timothy. “Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus.” In Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, 402–8. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Smith, William. “Heracles or Hercules.” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and Company, 1873. Perseus Digital Library.
Cerberus - Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Cerberus, the terror-inspiring offspring of the primordial monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was the guard dog of the Greek Underworld. In most literary and artistic representations, Cerberus had three heads and a mane of snakes.
Ceto - Mythopedia
2023年9月4日 · Their children—collectively known as the “Phorcides” (after their father)—were some of the most dreaded monsters of Greek mythology. Among these offspring were the eternally gray Graeae , the stony Gorgons , the snake monster Echidna , and the gigantic serpent who guarded the Garden of the Hesperides (sometimes called Ladon , but other ...
Ladon – Mythopedia
2023年3月23日 · Ogden, Daniel. “Ladon, Slain or Tricked by Heracles.” In Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds, 33–40. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Smith, William. “Ladon (2).” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and Company, 1873. Perseus Digital Library. Accessed ...
Typhoeus - Mythopedia
2023年3月25日 · Typhoeus (or Typhon) was an enormous monster, often imagined with multiple fire-breathing dragon heads. According to most traditions, Gaia bore him to be a challenger to Zeus, but the king of the Olympians ultimately defeated Typhoeus and …
Nemean Lion - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · Mythology. The Nemean Lion is remembered almost exclusively as Heracles’ adversary. Hesiod summarizes the myth succinctly: Echidna was subject in love to Orthus and brought forth the deadly Sphinx, which destroyed the Cadmeans, and the Nemean lion, which Hera, the good wife of Zeus, brought up and made to haunt the hills of Nemea, a plague to ...
Graeae - Mythopedia
2023年1月18日 · It comes from the Greek word γραῖα (graîa), meaning “old woman, gray,” a word that is itself derived from the Indo-European root *ǵerh₂-, “to grow old” (via Proto-Greek, *gera-/grau-iu). Various names were attached to the individual Graeae. Two of them were always called Pemphredo (Greek Πεμφρηδώ, translit.