Origins: Enchidna

MDMark Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:18 pm

originally posted by remyreaper

remyreaper on 2009/06/07 14:45

In the most ancient layers of Greek mythology,
Echidna was called the "Mother of All Monsters".
Echidna was described by Hesiod as a female
monster wh0 mothered every major horrible monster
in the Greek myths.

her face and torso of a beautiful woman was
depicted as winged in archaic vase-paintings, but
always with the body of a serpent.