Typhon (Typhoeus)
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Greek A hundred-headed
monster whose parents were Gaia (Earth) and Tartarus.
Although it was the largest monster ever born,
according to Greek mythology, with coiled serpents
for legs, Zeus defeated the monster and threw it into
Hades.
Another version of the Typhon myth was that
Typhon did mighty battle with Zeus, hurling rocks
and mountains against the thunderbolts of the god
and eventually capturing Zeus. Typhon cut the sinews
from the hands and feet of Zeus, thus rendering him
powerless. He thrust Zeus into a mountain cave,
and stuffed the precious sinews into a bearskin sack
or leather bag. Hermes and Pan found Zeus and
managed to steal back the sinews and restore them to
Zeus's appendages.
The struggle between Typhon and Zeus continued.
Delicious food given to Typhon by the Fates
weakened him. He made a final stand on Mount
Haemus (Blood Mountain) in Thrace, where Zeus
injured him so severely that his blood made the
streams run red, giving the mountain its name.
Typhon was able to flee to Sicily, but Zeus caught
up with him and finally crushed him into the Earth
under a volcano, Mount Etna, which is one of the
most active volcanoes in the world.
Before he was imprisoned Typhon fathered with
Echidna a host of monsters, among them Cerberus,
the Chimera, the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean
Lion, Orthos, and the Sphinx.
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- Typhon (Typhoeus) Greek A hundred-headed monster whose parents were Gaia (Earth) and Tartarus.
- Robur-le-Conquerant hurracan sur l'Atlantique, typhon dans les mers de Chine, simoun au Sahara, tornade sur la côte occidentale, c'est toujours une tempête tournante - et redoutable.
- Typhon - mythologie.
- Hydra (Water Creature) Greek A many-headed serpent, the offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
- Chimera (She-Goat) Greek A fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail; the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon.