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Typhon

deity earth Greek single tradition · 18

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #406 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 18 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Described in Hesiod's Theogony; used as a comparison point for Nonnus's description of Campe.

Relationships

co occurs with
tsukumogami, Tsuchigumo, Troll, Tsi-noo, Tsurara-onna, Tsurube-otoshi, Tugarin Zmeyevich, Tylwyth Teg, Tupilaq, Turehu, Türst, Turul, Tzitzimitl, Agathyrsus, Gelonus, Scythes, Campe, Hecatoncheires, Phaea, Melqart, Melicertes, Malcarthos, Tyrian Heracles, Horus, Hekate, Paraplex, Ariouth, Iachtanabas, Pan, Ahriman, Python, Baphomet, Athena, Hephaestus, Thetis, Hebe, Leto, Harmonia, Charis, Aglaea, Rhea, Kronos, Chronos, Ouranos, Primordials, Thoth, The Thing That Cries In The Night, Titans, Astraeus, Ephialtes, Iapetus, Coeus, Otus, Aloadae, Aegaeon, Tartarus, Poseidon, Moirai, Delphyne, Aegipan, Briareus, Triton, Trow, Tsul 'Kalu, Cyclops, Calydonian Boar, Hadad, Yahweh, Yaldabaoth, the devil, Ares, Aphrodite, Cronus, Artemis (Diana), Gaia, Anubis, Uranus, Hermes
parent of
harpies, Orthrus, Cerberus, Lernaean Hydra, Chimera, sphinxes, Nemean lion, Caucasian Eagle, Ladon, Gorgons, Colchian dragon, Scylla, Crommyonian Sow
consort of
Echidna
allied with
Delphyne, Set
enemy of
Heracles, Isis, Osiris, Hercules, Zeus
manifests as
Set, hippopotamus, black horse-shadow
syncretized with
Seth, Set
sibling of
Thoth
child of
Hera, Gaia, Tartarus

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Mentioned by

and 4 more

Sources

wikipedia (18)
  1. List of Greek mythological creatures
  2. List of legendary creatures (T)
  3. Campe
  4. Crommyonian Sow
  5. Delphyne
  6. Echidna (mythology)
  7. Melqart
  8. Osiris
  9. Goat of Mendes
  10. Archon (Gnosticism)
  11. Yaldabaoth
  12. Charis (mythology)
  13. Gaia
  14. Titans in popular culture
  15. Creatures of Light and Darkness
  16. Hermopolis
  17. Giants (Greek mythology)
  18. Zeus

Source passages

“Typhon (Greek) – Winged, snake-legged giant”

#5378 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“His description of Campe is similar to Hesiod's description of the monster Typhon (Theogony 820 ff.).”

#5960 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“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.”

#6029 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“According to the Hymn, she was the foster mother of the serpentine monster Typhon, who was given to the dragoness, "an evil to an evil" (κακῷ κακόν), by his mother Hera. Typhon was to eventually battle Zeus for supremacy of the cosmos.”

#6078 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“According to Pherecydes of Athens, Typhon fled to Pithecussae during his battle with Zeus and, according to Pindar, Typhon lay buried beneath the island. Strabo reports the "myth" that when Typhon "turns his body the flames and the waters, and sometimes even small islands containing boiling water, spout forth"”

#6213 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001