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- Scylla - Mythopedia
Scylla was a multi-headed, hybrid monster who haunted a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis With her darting heads and sharp teeth, Scylla would pick off unwary sea creatures or sailors who passed too close
- Charybdis - Mythopedia
After telling of Scylla—a monster with the torso of a human female, twelve feet, and six long heads ending in six toothy mouths—Circe introduces Charybdis: But the other cliff [opposite Scylla], thou wilt note, Odysseus, is lower—they are close to each other; thou couldst even shoot an arrow across—and on it is a great fig tree with
- Odyssey: Book 12 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Argument The Sirene, Scylla, and Charybdis He relates how, after his return from the shades, he was sent by Circe on his voyage, by the coast of the Sirens, and by the strait of Scylla and Charybdis: the manner in which he escaped those dangers: how, being cast on the island Trinacria, his companions destroyed the oxen of the Sun: the vengeance that followed; how all perished by shipwreck
- Odysseus – Mythopedia
Odysseus then passed between the many-headed monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, two creatures who inhabited opposite sides of a narrow strait Following Circe’s advice, Odysseus steered close to Scylla, knowing that while she would devour six of his men (one for each of her mouths), Charybdis would swallow the whole ship and all of
- Polyphemus – Mythopedia
Polyphemus was a son of Poseidon and one of the feared Sicilian Cyclopes He was eventually blinded by Odysseus
- Phorcys - Mythopedia
Apollonius of Rhodes made him the father of Scylla, a sea monster whom Phorcys brought back to life (in one account) after she was slain by Heracles Finally, one tradition—mentioned only by an early commentator, who does not identify their source—made Phorcys the father of the Hesperides Popular Culture
- Creature Names - Mythopedia
Creature names: Origin, structure, and meaning From the three-headed dragons of Greek myth to creepy crawlies, the world of fantasy creatures is an endless abundance of mystery
- Medusa - Mythopedia
Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies
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