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Scylla – Mythopedia 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 sea creatures or sailors who passed too close
Charybdis – Mythopedia Charybdis was a sea monster inhabiting one side of a narrow strait, just opposite the monster Scylla Three times a day, Charybdis would swallow up the waters of the sea, only to throw them up again
Odyssey: Book 12 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Here Scylla bellows from the dire abodes, Tremendous pest, abhorr’d by man and gods! Hideous her voice, and with less terrors roar The whelps of lions in the midnight hour Twelve feet, deform’d and foul, the fiend dispreads; Six horrid necks she rears, and six terrific heads; Her jaws grin dreadful with three rows of teeth;
Polyphemus – Mythopedia Polyphemus was a son of Poseidon and one of the feared Sicilian Cyclopes He was eventually blinded by Odysseus
Medusa – Mythopedia Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies
Odysseus – Mythopedia Odysseus was a Greek hero from Ithaca known for his cunning After helping to win the Trojan War, he was forced to wander the world for ten years before returning home
Creature Names - Mythopedia Creature names: Origin, structure, and meaning From the three-headed dragons of Greek myth to creepy crawlies, the world of fantasy creatures is an endless abundance of mystery Let’s explore the fantasy creatures that give your stories and games their flavor—not to mention their unique names Fantasy creatures can be anything from dragons to hippogriffs, populating the worlds of
Echidna – Mythopedia 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 the most fearsome monsters of Greek myth, including Cerberus, the Chimera, and the Hydra
Phorcys – Mythopedia Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto Among these terrifying children—sometimes collectively known as the “Phorcides”—were the Gorgons and the Graeae
Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia And, by the fall of Scylla, Glaucus bleeds Some fascinating bev’rage now she brews; Compos’d of deadly drugs, and baneful juice At Rhegium she arrives; the ocean braves, And treads with unwet feet the boiling waves Upon the beach a winding bay there lies, Shelter’d from seas, and shaded from the skies: This station Scylla chose: a soft