Echidna

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Greek mythological creature monster in Greek mythology mythological figure

Echidna is a monstrous figure in Greek mythology, often called the "Mother of Monsters," who is typically depicted as half-woman and half-serpent.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Echidna canonical	16
Echidna (in some traditions)	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek mythological creature ⓘ monster in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
associatedWith	Typhoeus ⓘ surface form: Typhon
associatedWithHero	Bellerophon ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Heracles ⓘ surface form: Herakles Perseus ⓘ
category	Greek legendary creature ⓘ female legendary creature ⓘ mythological hybrid ⓘ
consort	Typhoeus ⓘ surface form: Typhon
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
depictedWith	monstrous lower body ⓘ serpentine tail ⓘ
describedAs	half-woman and half-serpent ⓘ
domain	chthonic realm ⓘ
dwellsIn	cave ⓘ underworld-adjacent place ⓘ
epithet	Mother of Monsters ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
lowerBody	serpent ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Theogony
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
nameMeaning	viper or adder in Ancient Greek ⓘ
nature	immortal ⓘ
notableChildrenGroup	monsters slain by Greek heroes ⓘ
offspringCollectiveRole	progenitor of many Greek monsters ⓘ
parentOf	Cerberus ⓘ Chimera ⓘ Colchian dragon ⓘ Hydra ⓘ Ladon ⓘ LernaeanHydra ⓘ surface form: Lernaean Hydra Nemean Lion ⓘ Orthrus ⓘ Sphinx ⓘ
roleInMyth	mother of many famous Greek monsters ⓘ
source	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Hesiod’s Theogony
spouse	Typhoeus ⓘ surface form: Typhon
symbolism	chaos ⓘ chthonic forces ⓘ primordial terror ⓘ
taxonomy	drakaina (female dragon-serpent) in Greek myth ⓘ
upperBody	woman ⓘ

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

Gaia → offspring → Echidna ⓘ

Typhoeus → consort → Echidna ⓘ

Cerberus → hasParent → Echidna ⓘ

Chimera → childOf → Echidna ⓘ

GreekMonsters → includes → Echidna ⓘ

Sphinx → parentInSomeSources → Echidna ⓘ

LernaeanHydra → parent → Echidna ⓘ

Scylla → parent → Echidna ⓘ

Chrysaor → child → Echidna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Echidna (in some traditions)

Graeae → sibling → Echidna ⓘ

Phorcys → parentOf → Echidna ⓘ

Children of Hermes → hasNotableMember → Echidna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Echidna (in some traditions)

Ladon → hasParent → Echidna ⓘ

Phorkys → parentOf → Echidna ⓘ

Mother of Monsters → refersTo → Echidna ⓘ

Mother of Monsters → epithetOf → Echidna ⓘ

Orthrus → isChildOf → Echidna ⓘ

Nemean Lion → parentInSomeMyths → Echidna ⓘ