Mythical Creature of the Week: Hydra

I’m sure we’ve all heard of the Hydra, but did you know it’s full name? Lernaean Hydra. I did not. I’d always heard of the Greek, multiple headed, monster that grew two back when one was chopped off as Hydra, the son of Typhon and Echidna, who lived in lake Lerna of the region of Argolid in the Peloponnese.

Here is a photo of a Blood Hydra. (You can find many more photos of different Hydras at: https://www.greekmythology.com/pictures/Myths/Lernaean_Hydra/ )

Facts came from: https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Monsters/Lernaean_Hydra/lernaean_hydra.html

Photo came from: https://www.greekmythology.com/pictures/Myths/Lernaean_Hydra/173949/blood_hydra