Karkinos
animal_ally water Greek single tradition · 2
Karkinos is a crab from Greek mythology who attacked Heracles during his battle with the Hydra. After being killed by Heracles, Karkinos was placed in the sky as the constellation of Cancer.
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Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nerites, Ōmukade, Zaratan, Cretan Bull, Gadflies, Myrmekes, Myrmidons, Orthrus, Cattle of Helios, black-skinned cattle of Hades, Ceryneian Hind, Elaphoi Khrysokeroi, Dionysus' Panthers, Argos, Golden Dog, Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple, Laelaps, Maera, Artemis's pack of 14 exquisite hunting dogs, Delphin, Dolphins of Taras, Donkey of Hephaestus, Donkey of Silenus, Scythian horned donkeys, Amalthea, Anemoi, Arion, Horses of Achilles, Horses of Ares, Horses of Eos, Horses of Erechtheus, Horses of Dioskouroi, Horses of Hector, Horses of Helios, Horses of Poseidon, Mares of Diomedes, Ocyrhoe, Trojan Horses
- enemy of
- Heracles
- allied with
- Lernaean Hydra, Heracles
Sources
Source passages
“Karkinos (Greek) – Crab who attacked Heracles and was killed, becoming the constellation of Cancer.”
#4043 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Karkinos or Carcinus, a giant crab that fought Heracles alongside the Lernaean Hydra.”
#4636 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001