Greek mythological creatures are famous characters that appear in ancient Greek fairy tales where they are basically opponents or challenges to heroes and gods.
Just like the Greek gods and goddesses and heroes, these monsters also have their own lineage and have an origin story connected to them which is why in the epithet the mother of all monsters she is the female monster Echidna.
Echidna is generally considered to be the daughter of the ancient sea god Forkis (Father of Echidna) and his wife Keto Goddess of personification of the dangerous deep sea (Mother of Echidna) This is the genealogy given to Echidna although other sources say her parents were the earth goddesses Gaia and Tartarus.
No clear depiction from ancient times survives for Echidna’s form, but explanations in this period usually describe her as a beautiful elf with a serpentine body in this appearance meaning that Echidna’s upper body was female while the lower half consisted of a snake’s tail. in addition to Echidna’s terrifying appearance also has other scary characters and is said to like to prey on humans.
Although it’s not special being a half human and half snake creature Echidna finds a similar monster to be her partner. That monster is a Typhoon who is a descendant of Gaia and Tartarus.
Typhon is a more terrifying version of Echidna because apart from being half snake Typon is a giant and his head is said to touch the dome of the sky, his eyes are made of fire and in each of his hands grow the heads of 100 dragons.
Typhon and Echidna finally found their home on earth in a place in the form of a Cave in a region called Arima. It is in Arima Cave that Echidna will live and live according to the nickname Mother of the monsters because she and Typhon will give birth to their offspring that are no less terrible like the Nemean Lion, Chimaera Sphinx, Hydra, Cerberus and others.
And the monsters in Greek mythology are basically a challenge for heroes and gods to overcome and as a result the children are sure to face their deadly foes.
Echidna probably hated the great heroes of Greek mythology most of her children were killed and defeated by them Bellerophon killed Chimaera.
Combined poster of snake goat and lion daughter who is half human half lion Sphinx throws himself off a cliff when the hero Oedipus is able to answer his riddle.
The hero that Echidna hates the most is Heracles or Hercules in his 12 tasks he defeated or killed several of the children. Echidna’s child the victim in her first task was a Nemean the lion Then her second task brought her face to face with Hydra and once again the child of Echidna was killed in her fourth task on the side of her quest Hercules had killed a Caucasus eagle which might also be one of Echidna’s children Hercules will close three tasks last harass More to children Echidna on 10th duty he kills two headed dog Orthrus while stealing three headed giant farm animals Geryon 11th duty causes dragon Ladon death when he steals apples must Garden of Hesperides finally on 12th duty Hercules show be Unfortunately, he only took Echidna’s descendants seriously and then returned them to Hades in the underworld.
Echidna of course will ignite Zeus the king of the gods for the death of his children especially because the Son of Zeus herakles or Hercules who has committed many murders as a result along with his husband Typhon they will go to war with the gods of olympis leaving their residence in the cave Arima the phone along with Echidna goes on a rampage towards the abode of the gods on Mount Olympus even the gods of olympis were frightened because of their rampage so most of the gods fled from their palace the only God who remained was Zeus of course because he had to face threats to his reign for that Typhon and Zeus Engage in epic fights.
At one point Typhon was even above the Peak and defeated Zeus but in the end Zeus of course was able to conquer Typhon And Echidna they were helpless by the lightning thrown by Zeus after that Zeus locked Typhon under Mount Etna where his struggle to escape continues to this day.
Echidna herself was pitied by Zeus The God King reckoned about her lost children so that the Mother of the monsters was allowed to remain free and finally returned to her residence cave Arima. according to some external sources was an Immortal so that the Mother of the monsters was thought to have continued to live in her cave to spend time by sometimes preying on people who are not alert when passing through the cave entrance.
Other sources tell of Echidna’s death, Hera, Queen of the gods, had learned about the female monster who liked to prey on unwary people. Hera then sent the hundred-eyed giant Argus Panoptes to kill the monster while Echidna was sleeping. Argus Panoptes sneaked into the Cave to kill her.
There is no clear description of Echidna which can be confirmed. The most accepted form of her is formed by the description of a female serpent living in a cave. But some writers dispute this and describe her as a monstrous beast with 100 heads living in the underworld.
Echidna is said to be capable of producing poison that can cause madness due to the monster’s appetite for prey on humans it probably has the head of a snake to more easily devour its prey this contradicts the generally accepted image of Echidna which is usually depicted as having the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the tail of a snake Echidna also often depicted as having wings or having two tails as the name implies, which means the serpent woman Echidna is a dracaina in Greek mythology.
