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Echidna is perhaps best known as being the mother of many monsters, particularily with her union with Typhon. Her name means she-viper. Echidna was killed in her sleep by the hundred-eyed creature Argus.

Depicted:She was depicted as having the head of a beautiful nymph, but the body of a serpent. The lives of her and her children were only spared so that they could be sport for future heroes.

Father: Phorcys or Tartarus

Mother: Ceto or Gaea

Consort: Typhon

Children: Ladon, Hydra, Chimaera , Orthus, Cerberus, Sphinx, Nemean Lion

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