The Crommyonian Sow was the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. It was a giant wild pig named Phaea. The giant sow caused havoc and death around the rural regions of Attica and the Isthmus of Corinth.
Theseus killed the Crommyonian Sow in one of his early adventures.
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The Calydonian Boar was sent by Artemis to punish King Oeneus for failing to honour her in sacrifice. The giant, wild boar caused widespread damage and death to the rural region around Calydon. Oeneus asked for heroes in Greece to hunt down the bo...
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...
The Erymanthian Boar was the giant wild boar that roamed around Mount Erymanthus, in northern Arcadia. Heracles captured the boar when he trapped it in the snow for his fourth labour. Since the boar was still alive, Eurystheus cowardly hid inside ...
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 part...
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 i...
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 G...
The Minotaur (Μινώταυρος) was a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. The Minotaur or Asterius (its name at birth) was the son of the Cretan Bull and Pasiphaë (Pasiphae), the wife of King Minos of Crete. Minos confined the Minotau...
The Nemean Lion was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna. The lion lived in a cave near Nemea. The hide of the lion was invulnerable to all weapons. The only way Heracles could kill the lion was to strangle the lion to death. After showing the lion ...
Minos, the king of Crete, prayed to Poseidon to send him a bull so he could honour and sacrifice to the sea god. Poseidon answered the king's prayer by sending a beautiful, white bull from the sea. However, Minos broke his word to the god, refusin...
These mythical creatures were fabulous beasts from Greek and Roman myths. I have also included monsters. Please note that I have moved the article on Centaurs to its own page, where I have listed some individual Centaurs. Unusual Beings Immortal H...