The Immortal Storm-giant

Period 4Period 4By: Isaura RodriguezBy: Isaura Rodriguez

He was known as the “Father of all monsters”He was considered the largest and most fearsome creatureHis human upper half reached as high as the starsHis hands reached east and west and instead of a human head, he had a hundred dragon headsTyphon's hundred, horrible heads touched the stars, venom dripped from his evil eyes, and lava and red-hot stones poured from his gaping mouths. Hissing like a hundred snakes and roaring like a hundred lions, he tore up whole mountains and threw them at the gods.

Greek name-Τυφωευς Τυφων/Τυφαων ΤυφωςTransliteration-Typhôeus/Typhôn/Typhaôn/TyphôsLatin Spelling-Typhoeus/ Typhon/ TyphaonTranslation-Cyclone, Hurricane, Smoking One (typhô)Greeks also frequently represented him as a storm-demon, especially in the version where he stole Zeus's thunderbolts and wrecked the earth with storms.

Typhoeus was so huge that his head was said to brush the stars. He looked like a normal man from head to hips, but he had two coiled snake tails instead of legs. He had wings, with dirty matted hair and beard, pointed ears, and eyes flashing fire. According to some he had two hundred hands each with fifty serpents for fingers and a hundred heads, one in human form with the rest being heads of bulls, boars, serpents, lions and leopards. Typhoeus hurled red-hot rocks at the sky and storms of fire boiled from his mouth, like a volcano.

Mother-GaiaFather-TartarusSiblings-Uranus, Kronus, Pontus, the Ourea, Hecatonchires, Cyclopes, Titans, The Gigantes, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia, and AphroditeYoungest child of his brothers and sisters

Wife- EchindaChildren- Orthrus, Nemean Lion, Cerberus, Ladon, Chimera, Sphinx, and HydraOrthus- fearsome two-headed dog, Eurytion (his master), and the Hesperid Erytheia, guarded the red cattle of Geryon. Both were slain, along with Geryon, when Heracles stole the red cattleThe Nemean Lion- very big lion with skin that you can’t stab; Selene (the moon goddess) loved it for some reason. Heracles was ordered to kill the Nemean lion. He used the lion’s own claw to skin it, and he wore the skin as his armor.Cerberus- three-headed dog that guarded of the passage way to and from the Underworld with Hades

(Continued)Ladon- serpentine dragon. He rapped himself around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides at the behest of Hera, who appointed him the garden's guardian. He was later on killed by Heracles.The Chimera- youngest child & daughter; she was a fire-breathing lioness with a goat’s head coming from its back and a snake as a tail. She roamed the ancient kingdom of Lycia bringing bad omens and destruction in her wake. She was killed by Bellerophon and his horse Pegasus.Sphinx- hadf the head of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of a bird. It was typhon’s smartest daughter.

Typhon and his wife Echidna were so fearful that when the gods saw them changed into monsters and fled in terror. Zeus soon regained his courage and turned, and when the other gods saw him taking his stand, they came back to help him fight Typhoeus. A terrible battle raged, and hardly any living creature was left on Earth. But Zeus was fated to win, and as Typhon tore up Mt. Etna to throw it at the gods, Zeus struck it with a hundred well-aimed thunderbolts and the mountain fell back, pinning Typhon underneath. There the monster lies to this very day, belching fire, lava and smoke through the top of the mountain.

Where Typhon was trapped

Typhon was trapped under Mt. EtnaIt is located in the Island of Sicily, ItalyThe picture in the right corner is Mt. EtnaThe picture below is where it’s located

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoeushttp://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/typhon.htmhttp://www.theoi.com/Gigante/Typhoeus.html