The Best of the WorstGreek mythology provides some of the most disturbing beasts in history:
The Echidna - Mother of many other monsters (Cerberus, Chimaera, the Sphinx, and the Nemean Lion), has a serpent-like lower body and the upper body of a nymph The Gorgons - Three women who had snakes for hair and looks that turn others into stone, named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa The Sirens - Female singers depicted with wings that lured sailors to crash their ships by singing The Sphinx - Spoke in riddles and destroyed those that failed to answer her questions, name means "strangler," has the face of a woman, winds of a bird, and the body of a lion The Graeae - The three older sisters of the Gorgons, Graeae literally means "aged ones," they only share one eye and one tooth The Hydra - With a name meaning "water-snake," the Hydra has nine or more heads and is a giant water serpent Cerberus - The three headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld The Chimaera - A fire-breathing beast with a lion-like head and body, a goat's head on it's back, and a serpent's tail |
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