Typhon<\/strong>. The father of all monsters of Greek mythology.<\/p>\nHe is described as being a giant humanoid, with a hundred dragon heads on the tips of his serpentine hands, which were so long (a hundred leagues each, they say) that one reached the ends of the world while his feet were said to touch the depths of Tartarus.<\/p>\n
He was a powerful force of destruction and could spew fire from his many heads.<\/p>\n
Tall to the stars and with huge wings that when opened cover the sky. From the middle and above in the form of a man and from the middle and below like two coiled echidnas(snakes). With long hair and a beard on every head while the rest of the body is covered by its wings.<\/p>\n
Many say they had seen him with a huge donkey head and eyes throwing fire, a mouth firing hot rocks, and a voice as if thousands of people and animals and birds and reptiles were screaming at the same time.<\/p>\n
Typhon’s awful children<\/h3>\n
His children were Cerberus<\/strong>, the Lernaean Hydra<\/strong>, the Lion of Nemea<\/strong>, the Chimera<\/strong>, and the Sphinx<\/strong> of Thebes.<\/p>\nAfter the war of the Titans, he was the one who fought against Zeus to seize power but lost.<\/p>\n
The bloodshed by the mortally wounded Typhon gave its name to the mountain range of Aimos that delimits the Balkan peninsula (as Aima is the word for blood in Greek).<\/p>\n
It is said that he was buried under the volcano of Mount Etna in Sicily together with Egelados<\/strong>( the god of earthquakes).<\/p>\nAccording to Hesiod, the windstorms are children of Typhon<\/strong>.<\/p>\nFinally, Typhon is said to symbolize the last resistance of the savage and uncontrollable forces of nature against the enforcement of the order of natural laws. Maybe that’s why we had to go so deep to find him.<\/p>\n
Time to return, before we get completely lost and forgotten in the dark caves and labyrinthine basements we have dived into. Take a deep breath and time counts backward. We return today. In our place and present time.<\/p>\n
Monstrous conclusion<\/h2>\n
We got only a little taste of those awful creatures that are hidden in the sanctuaries of the collective subconscious.<\/p>\n
There are many caves, underground labyrinths, and galleries down there that in a unique way connect the various mythologies all over the world.<\/p>\n
But we will talk about more creatures and even more deadly monsters of Greek mythology on another fantastic trip. For now, I hope you do not panic the next time you enter a cave\u2026<\/p>\n