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An echidna is a creature from ancient Greek mythology described as a monstrous mother who gave birth to many of the fearsome beasts featured in Greek legends and stories. It matters as a significant figure in classical mythology that helped explain the origins of dangerous creatures that appear throughout Greek myths and literature.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- drakaina
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- night
- Spouse
- Typhon
- Father
- Tartarus
- Mother
- Gaia
- Image
- Echidna and lions - Parco dei Mostri - Bomarzo, Italy - DSC02630.jpg
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- different from
- Echidna
- Commons category
- Echidna (mythology)
- native label
- Έχιδνα
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
- partially coincident with
- Tiamat
- influenced by
- Illuyanka
- has characteristic
- virgin
- killed by
- Argus Panoptes
- manner of death
- homicide
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Article · Italiano
Echidna (in greco antico: Ἔχιδνα, Échidna) è un personaggio della mitologia greca che aveva la forma di un corpo di donna che terminava con una coda di serpente al posto delle gambe.
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