Echidna
Echidna is a half-woman, half-snake monster from Greek mythology. She is a monstrous hybrid being combining human and serpentine features.
↻ synthesized from 11 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in ancient Greek mythology and literature.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Edimmu, Egbere, Eikthyrnir, Einherjar, Ekek, Elbow Witch, Eldjötnar, Surtr, 'Elepaio, Elf, Eloko, Emere, Empusa, Enenra, Engkanto, Enkō, Epimeliad, Er Gui, Erinyes, Erlking, Eurynomos, Etiäinen, Ežerinis, Harpy, Sirens, Matsya, Ketu, Fu Xi, Glaistig, Hippocampus, Sirena, Siyokoy, Nü Wa, Tlanchana, Phorcys, Caucasian Eagle, Orthrus, Agathyrsus, Gelonus, Scythes, Hecatoncheires, Calydonian Boar, Phaea, Euryale, Pemphredo, Enyo, Sthenno, Dino, Persis, Hesperides, Delphyne, Typhon, Ceto, Python, Campe, drakaina, Sybaris, Lamia, Stheno, Amphitrite, Nereids, Callirrhoe, Doris, Electra, Metis, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Styx, Oceanus, Persephone, Pallas, Tethys, Erebus, Nox, Nike, Zelus, Kratos, each-uisge, Eagle Spirit, Jengu, Nāgas, Triton, Auvekoejak, Ceasg, Cyclops, Medusa, Charybdis, harpies, Zeus, Bia, Encantado (mythology)
- parent of
- Orthrus, Cerberus, Lernaean Hydra, Chimera, Nemean lion, Caucasian Eagle, Ladon, Gorgons, Colchian dragon, Scylla, Crommyonian Sow, sphinxes, the Chimera, the Nemean lion, the Sphinx, the Hydra, the Caucasian eagle, the Crommyonian Sow, the Colchian dragon, the Harpies, hydra of Lerna, lion of Nemea
- syncretized with
- Campe
- consort of
- Typhon
- allied with
- Typhon
- enemy of
- Argus Panoptes, Targī̆tavah, Heracles
- aspect of
- Snake-Legged Goddess
Mentioned by
- each-uisge
- Eagle Spirit
- Jengu
- Nāgas
- Triton
- Auvekoejak
- Ceasg
- Cyclops
- Medusa
- Charybdis
- harpies
- Zeus
- Bia
- Encantado (mythology)
- Callirhoe
- Chrysaor
and 8 more
Sources
Source passages
“Echidna (Greek) – Half-woman, half-snake monster”
#4265 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Echidna – A half-woman and half-snake monster that lives inside a cave.”
#4770 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“That is, she was Echidna under a different name, as Nonnus indicates, calling her Echidnaean Enyo, identifying her snaky legs with echidnas”
#5961 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the half-woman, half-snake Echidna was born to a "she" who was probably meant by Hesiod to be Ceto, (with Phorcys the likely father); however the "she" might instead refer to the Oceanid Callirhoe.”
#5991 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, it was said by some to be the daughter of Echidna and Typhon, and was named after the old woman who raised it.”
#6028 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001