Typhon
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Typhon, also known as Typhoeus, Typhaon or Typhos, was a monstrous serpentine giant and one of the deadliest creatures in Greek mythology. According to Hesiod, Typhon was the son of Gaia and Tartarus.
Zeus aiming his thunderbolt at a winged and snake-footed Typhon. Chalcidian black-figured hydria (c. 540–530 BC), Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 596).
Depiction by Wenceslaus Hollar
The three-bodied daemon, perhaps Typhon. Acropolis Museum, Greece.
Tarhunna battles the serpent Illuyanka, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey.
Echidna (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Echidna was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the fearsome monster Typhon and was the mother of many of the most famous monsters
Echidna. Sculpture by Pirro Ligorio 1555, Parco dei Mostri (Monster Park), Lazio, Italy
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Cerberus, with the gluttons in Dante's Third circle of hell. William Blake.