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Typhon mythology is part of the Greek succession myth, which explained how Zeus came to rule the gods. Typhon's story is also connected with that of Python (the serpent killed by Apollo), and both stories probably derived from several Near Eastern antecedents. Typhon was (from c. 500 BC) also identified with the Egyptian god of destruction Set.
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Echidna's family tree varies by author. [4] The oldest genealogy relating to Echidna, Hesiod's Theogony (c. 8th – 7th century BC), is unclear on several points. According to Hesiod, Echidna was born to a "she" who was probably meant by Hesiod to be the sea goddess Ceto, making Echidna's likely father the sea god Phorcys; however the "she" might instead refer to the Oceanid Callirhoe, which ...
Hesiod's Theogony lists the children of Phorcys and Ceto as the Graeae (naming only two: Pemphredo, and Enyo), the Gorgons (Stheno, Euryale and Medusa), [6] probably Echidna (though the text is unclear on this point) [7] and Ceto's "youngest, the awful snake who guards the apples all of gold in the secret places of the dark earth at its great bounds", [8] also called the Drakon Hesperios ...
The mythographer Apollodorus calls Ladon the offspring of the monstrous Typhon and Echidna, [4] a parentage repeated by Hyginus [5] and Pherecydes; [6] similarly, Ladon is called the son of Typhon in Tzetzes' Chiliades. [7] According to Ptolemy Hephaestion's New History, as recorded by Photius in his Bibliotheca, Ladon was the brother of the ...
Gaia also mated with Tartarus to produce Typhon, [54] whom Echidna married, producing several monstrous descendants. [55] Their first three offspring were Orthus , Cerberus , and the Hydra . Next comes the Chimera (whose mother is unclear, either Echidna or the Hydra). [ 56 ]
Children Geryon and Echidna In Greek mythology , Chrysaor ( Ancient Greek : Χρυσάωρ , romanized : Khrysáor , gen. Χρυσάορος ), "he who has a golden sword" (from χρυσός "golden" and ἄορ "sword"]) was the brother of the winged horse Pegasus , often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa , born when ...