In Greek mythology, most famous monsters had one mother. The most terrible part of the history of Ancient Greece is dedicated to Echidna and her descendants, from Cerberus to the Sphinx.
The mother of monsters, Echidna, is a goddess in ancient Greek mythology, a gigantic half-woman, half-snake. Together with Typhon, a monstrous snake-like giant, she tried to overthrow Zeus and conquer world domination. But Zeus, with the help of lightning, managed to defeat them and punished Typhon by burying him under Mount Etna.
Echidna and her descendants have challenged many future heroes. Some of the goddess's descendants are well known and famous, stories about them are still told today, these are:
- Cerberus, the three-headed dog of Hades, guardian of the underworld;
- Lernaean Hydra, a serpentine monster killed by Hercules;
- Chimera, a hybrid fire-breathing creature, the treacherous Sphinx, who killed everyone who answered her riddles incorrectly;
- Scylla is a legendary monster who killed many of Odysseus's crew during his adventures in Homer's Odyssey.
The myths of Ancient Greece are considered to be stories about gods and mortal heroes. Many stories describe battles between gods or between heroes, but often there was another element added to them: the antagonists of the gods and heroes were sometimes deadly monsters.
In Greek mythology, the monster created an obstacle that the hero had to overcome and, as a result, look even worse.Ogreater hero. It was necessary to explain where these monsters came from, and in most cases their existence was explained by the fact that they were the descendants of Echidna.
She is usually described as a combination of a beautiful nymph and a deadly snake. The upper part of her body was female, and the lower part was represented in the form of a single or double snake tail. In addition to her monstrous appearance, Echidna also had other monstrous traits, for example, she ate raw flesh.
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