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 would make Medusa's offspring Chrysaor the …

2023年3月22日 · Echidna was a female serpent-monster of Greek mythology, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto. She was usually represented with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a serpent.

Echidna was the mate of Typhon, another formidable figure in Greek mythology, known as the "father of all monsters." Together, they formed a fearsome pair, giving birth to some of the most notorious monsters in Greek lore.

Echidna was a monster in Greek mythology that was half-woman and half-snake and resided alone in a cave. She was the wife of the terrifying creature Typhon and the mother of several of the most renowned monsters in Greek mythology.

Echidna, monster of Greek mythology, half woman, half serpent. Her parents were either the sea deities Phorcys and Ceto (according to Hesiod’s Theogony) or Tartarus and Gaia (in the account of the mythographer Apollodorus); in Hesiod, Tartarus and Gaia are the parents of Echidna’s husband, Typhon.

Ekhidna was the consort of Typhoeus --a monstrous, multi-headed storm-giant who challenged Zeus to the throne of heaven. Together they spawned a host of terrible monsters to plague the earth including the Khimaira (Chimera), Kerberos (Cerberus), the Hydra, Sphinx and the Drakon Hesperios (Hesperian Dragon).

2017年3月19日 · Echidna is a guardian, goddess, monster, or mother of the sprits that are the alternative to the Olympians, dependent on the source. Regardless of how one views her, as the mother of many of the creatures that Heracles was tasked with killing, her importance to the Greeks is without question.

2023年8月15日 · Echidna was a ferocious half-snake half-woman monster in Greek mythology. Explore the story of her life and death.

What is Echidna the goddess of? Echidna is a monstrous creature in Greek mythology. She is half-woman and half-snake. She is known as the “Mother of Monsters” due to her offspring. She mated with Typhon and gave birth to mythical beasts like the Hydra and Cerberus. Is Echidna and Medusa related?

In Greek mythology, Echidna (in ancient Greek, Ἔχιδνα - Ekhidna: "viper"; in Latin, Echidna) was a monstrous nymph that belonged to the lineage of the Phorcides, or female serpentine monsters.