LernaeanHydra

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GreekMythologyFigure monster mythologicalCreature serpent

The Lernaean Hydra is a many-headed serpent-like monster from Greek mythology, famed for its regenerative heads and its defeat as one of Heracles’ Twelve Labors.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Lernaean Hydra	10
LernaeanHydra canonical	2
Ladon	1
LernaeanHydraOfLerna	1
Slaying of the Lernaean Hydra	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GreekMythologyFigure ⓘ monster ⓘ mythologicalCreature ⓘ serpent ⓘ
associatedWith	Eurystheus ⓘ Heracles ⓘ
commissionedLaborBy	Eurystheus ⓘ
culture	AncientGreek ⓘ
defeatedByMethod	burialOfImmortalHeadUnderRock ⓘ decapitationAndCauterization ⓘ
guarded	entranceToUnderworldNearLerna ⓘ
hasAbility	headRegeneration ⓘ poisonEmission ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Hydra ⓘ LernaeanHydra ⓘ surface form: LernaeanHydraOfLerna
hasWeakness	cauterizationOfNecks ⓘ decapitationOfImmortalHead ⓘ
iconography	manyHeadedSerpent ⓘ oneImmortalCentralHead ⓘ
influencedConcept	hydraMetaphorInModernLanguage ⓘ
killedBy	Heracles ⓘ Iolaus ⓘ surface form: IolausAssistance
laborNumber	SecondLaborOfHeracles ⓘ
locatedInMyth	Argolis ⓘ
mentionedInSource	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: ApollodorusBibliotheca Diodorus Siculus ⓘ surface form: DiodorusSiculusLibraryOfHistory Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: HesiodTheogony
notableFor	immortalHead ⓘ multipleHeads ⓘ poisonousBreath ⓘ regeneratingHeads ⓘ venomousBlood ⓘ
parent	Echidna ⓘ Typhoeus ⓘ surface form: Typhon
partOf	Heracles cycle ⓘ surface form: TwelveLaborsOfHeracles
residesIn	LakeLerna ⓘ
sibling	Cerberus ⓘ Chimera ⓘ Gorgons ⓘ Ladon ⓘ Nemean Lion ⓘ surface form: NemeanLion Orthrus ⓘ Scylla ⓘ Sphinx ⓘ
symbolizes	multiplyingDifficulties ⓘ persistenceOfEvil ⓘ
weaponizedAs	poisonForArrows ⓘ
weaponizedBy	Heracles ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Typhoeus → offspring → LernaeanHydra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ladon

Heracles → labour → LernaeanHydra ⓘ