What is Echidna (mythology)?
'''Echidna''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: from “Snake”) is a [[monster]] of [[Greek mythology]], half woman, half [[snake|serpent]]. Her parents were either the sea deities Phorcys and [[Ceto]] (according to Hesiod’s Theogony) or [[Tartarus]] and [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] (in the account of the mythographer Apollodorus); in [[Hesiod]], Tartarus and Gaia are the parents of Echidna’s husband, Typhon. Among Echidna’s progeny by the 100-headed [[Typhon]], were [[:en:Ladon_(mythology)|Ladon]] (the dragon who protected the Golden Apples of the [[Hesperides]]), another dragon who protected the [[Golden Fleece]], the Hydra, the goatlike [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]], and the infernal hounds [[:en:Orthrus|Orthus]] and [[Cerberus]]. The Sphinx and the [[Nemean lion]], both sired by Orthus, were also among her offspring. {{multistub|religion|Europe}} [[Category:Greek legendary creatures]]