Mar 8, 2023 · 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 …

Mar 22, 2023 · Overview Powerful Geryon, son of the giant Chrysaor and the Oceanid Callirhoe, was a monster with three heads and three bodies who lived at the far edge of the world. With …

Mar 24, 2023 · Orthus was a two-headed dog, one of the fearsome children of Echidna and Typhoeus. He served as a guard dog to Geryon, a monster with three heads and three bodies …

Sep 20, 2023 · Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary …

Dec 9, 2022 · Pluto was often accompanied by Cerberus, a three-headed hound that served both as his pet and guardian of the underworld. In this 18th century Dutch engraving, Pluto reclines …

Mar 22, 2023 · The Chimera was a monster with a hybrid body: part lion, part snake, and part goat. The hero Bellerophon tracked the Chimera to its remote mountain lair and killed it with …

Nov 29, 2022 · Anubis was the jackal-headed Egyptian god of mummification. Originally the powerful son of Ra and god of the dead, as other deities rose in prominence he became the …

May 20, 2023 · The Hydra, a child of the Greek monsters Typhoeus and Echidna, was a creature with multiple serpent heads. It lived in the swamps of Lerna in Greece, where it terrorized the …

Mar 22, 2023 · Echidna was a primeval female monster, usually represented as a woman from the waist up and a snake from the waist down. She was said to have been the mother of some of …

Mar 22, 2023 · The Griffin was a hybrid creature, usually represented with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. The Greeks imagined them as fierce hunters, and some …