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Echidna

Echidna was a monster, part woman and part snake. She was the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, or perhaps of Tartarus and Gaea.

By Typhon, Echidna was the mother of many monstrous offspring: Cerberus, Chimaera, Orthus, the Hydra, the Nemean Lion, the Sphinx, the Caucasian Eagle, the Crommyonian Sow and vultures.

Though Echidna never grew old, she was not immortal. Echidna met her death at the hand of Argus Panoptes.

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Echidna, Ἔχιδνα.

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Typhon, Argus Panoptes.

Genealogy: Monsters.

Jimmy Joe. "Echidna." https://timelessmyths.com/classical/heroic-age/mythical-creatures/echidna. Accessed May 11, 2025.
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Mythical Creatures:

  • • Satyrs
  • • Myrmidons
  • • Dragon-teeth Men (Sparti)
  • • Earthborn Kings
  • • Argus Panoptes
  • • Geryon
  • • Graeae
  • • Keres
  • • Pegasus
  • • Arion
  • • Xanthus and Balius
  • • Ocyrrhoe
  • • Laelaps and the Teumessian Vixen
  • • Maera
  • • Cretan Bull
  • • Golden Fleece
  • • Calydonian Boar
  • • Crommyonian Sow
  • • Erymanthian Boar
  • • Nemean Lion
  • • Eagle (Aquila)
  • • Typhon
  • • Ceto
  • • Cetus
  • • Echidna
  • • Python
  • • Ladon
  • • Delphyne
  • • Campe
  • • Hydra
  • • Scylla
  • • Sphinx
  • • Chimaera
  • • Griffin (Gryphon)
  • • Cerberus
  • • Orthus
  • • Minotaur
  • • Gorgons
  • • Lamia
  • • Empusae
  • • Sirens
  • • Harpies
  • • Stymphalian Birds
  • • Caucasian Eagle
  • • Phoenix
Typhon

Typhon

Typhon was a giant winged monster with a hundred heads. Typhon (Τυφών) was an offspring of Gaea ("Earth") and Tartarus , and according to Apollodorus, the creature was born in Cilicia. Typhon was a gigantic winged monster that was part man and par...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Giants and Monsters

Giants and Monsters

The genealogy above displays most of the principal monsters that are found in classical mythology. Most of the monsters were children of Typhon and Echidna , and of Phorcys and Ceto . Please note that Echidna was sometimes seen as the offspring of...

September 29th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Ceto

Ceto

Ceto (Κητώ) was a sea-monster, the daughter of Pontus ("Sea") and Gaea ("Earth"). Ceto was the sister of the sea gods Nereus and Phorcys . Not much detail is known about Ceto except that she was mother of several monstrous offspring by her brother...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Gorgons

Gorgons

The Gorgons, Γοργόνες, were perhaps the strangest of the monsters that appeared in Classical mythology. They were winged women with snakes on their heads instead of hair. A single glimpse of their hideous visage would turn any creature, mortal or ...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Tartarus

Tartarus

Tartarus was born together with Nyx , Erebus , Gaea, and Eros ("Love"), out of Chaos . Tartarus was the personification of the darkest and deepest region of the Underworld. This was the region where Uranus had thrown the Hundred-Handed giant and t...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Chimaera

Chimaera

Chimaera was a fire-breathing monster that lived in the mountains around Lycia. Chimaera was another monstrous offspring of Typhon and Echidna . Chimaera had the head and body of a lion, the legs of a goat, and had a snake instead of a tail. Some ...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Hydra

Hydra

The Hydra (Ὕδρα) was the monstrous offspring of Typhon and Echidna . The Hydra lived in the near the spring Amymone, at Lerna. The monster lived with a giant crab. The Hydra had nine heads. One of them was immortal, and therefore invulnerable to w...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Phorcys

Phorcys

An ancient sea-god. Phorcys was the son of Pontus and Gaea . Phorcys may have been an important sea-god before the arrival of Poseidon. By his sister Ceto (sea-monster), he became the father of the Gorgons , Graeae, and possibly of Echidna and Ladon.

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Sphinx

Sphinx

The Sphinx was a creature with the head and chest of a woman, the body and legs of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. The Sphinx was an offspring of Echidna and either Orthus or Typhon . The Sphinx lived on the road west of Thebes. It was the cust...

June 1st, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Eurynome

Eurynome

The Goddess of All Things. Eurynome was the mother goddess and ultimate Creator goddess. Eurynome was possibly also a sun and moon goddess. According to Apollonius of Rhodes, he wrote in the Argonautica that the first being was the goddess Eurynom...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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