Chrysaor
deity earth Greek single tradition · 2
A giant figure from Greek mythology. He is the son of the gorgon Medusa.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Part of Greek mythology, attested in ancient Greek sources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Chrysomallus, Chukwa, Chupacabra, Church grim, Churel, Chut, Ciguapa, Cihuateteo, Cikavac, Cinnamon bird, Cipactli, Cipitio, Cirein cròin, Coblynau, Cockatrice, Cofgod, Coinchenn, Colo Colo, Corycian nymphs, Cretan Bull, Crinaeae, Criosphinx, Crocotta, The Cu Bird, Cuco, Cucuy, Cuegle, Cuélebre, Curruid, Cu Sith, Cŵn Annwn, Cyhyraeth, Cynocephalus, Phorcys, Ceto, Styx, Peiras, Tartarus, Phanes, Chullachaki, curupira, Cyclops, Chromandi, Gaia
- parent of
- Echidna
- consort of
- Callirhoe
- child of
- Medusa
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Chrysaor (Greek) – Giant son of the gorgon Medusa”
#4216 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the Oceanid Callirhoe, which would make Medusa's offspring Chrysaor the father of Echidna. The mythographer Pherecydes of Athens (5th century BC) has Echidna as the daughter of Phorcys, without naming a mother.”
#6187 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001