Hydra - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · The Hydra has had a long and colorful afterlife in modern pop culture. The mythical creature has been adapted by writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Henry Kuttner. A 2009 monster movie, titled simply Hydra, was also inspired by the many-headed serpent of Greek mythology. Moreover, the name “Hydra” was given to a villainous organization in ...
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Greek Creatures - Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Greek mythology is full of strange and often terrifying creatures, some born at the very beginning of the cosmos. Many of these creatures terrorized mortals until they were slain by brave gods or heroes.
Ceryneian Hind – Mythopedia
2023年3月21日 · As is often the case, these modern representations tend to depart from the ancient mythological sources. In the 1990s TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys , for example, the Ceryneian Hind—called the “Golden Hind”—is portrayed as a half-woman, half-deer creature with golden hooves and horns (somewhat resembling a Centaur ).
Chimera – Mythopedia
2023年3月22日 · The Chimera was a hybrid monster, comprising parts of a lion, a goat, and a snake. The earliest description of the creature comes from Homer’s Iliad, where it is said that the Chimera was “in the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, breathing forth in terrible wise the might of blazing fire.”
Heracles - Mythopedia
2023年7月14日 · Eurystheus sent Heracles to fight fearsome monsters such as the Nemean Lion, the Hydra, and even Cerberus, the guard dog of Hades. But Heracles—much to the disappointment of both Eurystheus and Hera—successfully completed each of his labors, which only served to increase his fame. Hercules and the Hydra by John Singer Sargent (1921)
Echidna - Mythopedia
2023年3月22日 · According to Nonnus, the epic poet who composed the Dionysiaca, Echidna was a hideous, venomous creature. On the other hand, the Orphics, a Greek religious cult with very distinctive ideas about the gods and the creation of the cosmos, viewed Echidna as a snake from the neck down (rather than the waist), with only the face of a beautiful woman.
Sphinx – Mythopedia
2023年3月25日 · Sphinxes were frequently depicted in vase paintings and sculpture, often in mythological scenes with Oedipus. They were also used as decorative elements in architecture and furniture and even appeared on coinage and official paraphernalia, such as seals (the signet ring of the Roman emperor Augustus, for example, had a sphinx on it).
Ladon – Mythopedia
2023年3月23日 · Mythology The Garden of the Hesperides. Ladon was the dreaded guardian of the Garden of the Hesperides. In what was probably the best-known tradition, this remote garden housed the golden apples that Gaia, the primordial goddess of the earth, had given to Hera as a wedding gift when she married Zeus.
Scylla - Mythopedia
2023年9月20日 · Roman poets sometimes imagined that Scylla—or even multiple Scyllae—guarded the gates of the Underworld along with other mythical monsters, including the Hydra, the Chimera, and the Centaurs. How Scylla (or the other Scyllae) acquired this role is unclear. Pop Culture. Scylla has been featured a few times in modern pop culture.