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Creatures & Monsters of Greek Mythology You Need To Know: Scylla, Charybdis, Lamia, Typhon, Echidna, Nimean Lion, Ladon, Sphinx, Learnean Hydra, Chimera, Cerberus, Orthrus, the Gorgons of greek mythology, Stheno, Euryale, Medusa, Gorgo Aix | Greek Mythology Explained
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00:13In the Straits of Messina, off the coast of Sicily, live two horrid monsters of Greek mythology,
00:21Skylar and Charybdis. They plague the narrow waters of Messina, laying waste to any passing
00:29ships and sailors. But these two were not once monsters. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful
00:37naiad called Skylar who was loved by the fish god Glaucus but would not return his love,
00:44for she was repulsed by his fish form. Glaucus went to the goddess and sorceress,
00:51Circe, to prepare him a love potion, which would make Skylar show him affection.
00:57However, Circe herself falls in love with Glaucus and tries to woo him. But Glaucus would not
01:05reciprocate, for he was in love with another, he was in love with Skylar.
01:11Jealous, Circe became hateful of her rival, and brewed a vial of poison, with which she would
01:18carry out her wicked intent. And on a fateful day, while Skylar was bathing in the sea,
01:25the jealous Circe poured the poisonous potion into the seawater, transforming Skylar into a dreadful
01:31monster, a dreadful monster with six beastly heads, on six long snaky necks, with four eyes and three
01:39rows of sharp shark's teeth, on each of the heads. Her body sprouted twelve tentacles, in place of legs,
01:47and a cat's tail, and from her waist sprouted six dogs' heads. She was affright to behold,
01:54a thing of terror, even to herself. In a slightly different version, it was the sea god, Poseidon,
02:02who fell in love with Skylar, and so his married wife, Queen Amphitrite, transformed her into that
02:09frightful monster, out of jealousy. In this form, Skylar attacked the ships of any passing sailors,
02:18seizing and devouring one of the crew, with each of her heads. This became the fate of Odysseus' men,
02:25when they dared cross the forbidden territory of Skylar. The hero, Hercules, would encounter Skylar
02:33on his journey to Sicily, and eventually kill her. But Skylar's father, the river deity, Phosys,
02:41would apply flaming torches to her body, bringing her back to life. On the other hand, Charybdis,
02:49was the daughter of the sea god, Pontus, and the earth goddess, Gaia, and was a deadly whirlpool,
02:56located opposite Skylar. Three times a day, Charybdis would pull in and push out water,
03:04with a force so much, that ships would be drowned. Like Skylar, Charybdis was originally a beautiful
03:12woman. She was the immortal pretty daughter of the primordial sea and earth, cursed by the king of all
03:19the gods, Zeus, because she stole the cattle belonging to his son, Hercules, and helped his
03:25brother, Poseidon, increase his watery territory, by flooding lands with water. This is the story of
03:34Scylla, and Charybdis.
03:54The dreadful monster, Lamia, was once the beautiful queen of Libya, who was loved by
04:00Zeus and bore him a son. When his wife, Hera, queen of the gods, learned of their affair,
04:08she cursed Lamia with monstrosity and permanent sleeplessness. Lamia turned into a half-human,
04:15half-snake, forced to eat her own children, her offspring with Zeus, and the children of others,
04:22thenceforth. But Lamia did not only eat children, she ate grown men too. She would seduce young men,
04:31to satisfy their sexual appetite, and then feed on their flesh, afterward. Lamia is sometimes associated
04:39with the Emposi, the man eating seductress' children of Hecate, goddess of the night, sorcery and necromancy.
05:05In the time of the primordial gods, ancient titans, and giants, after the battle between the titans and
05:12the gods, the mother of the earth, Gaia, was angered by the destruction of her children, the titans, and so,
05:19sought to bear another child, more powerful than anything in the universe, powerful enough to
05:25overthrow the olympians. Gaia mated with tartarus, the dark abyss, and from their union, came Typhon,
05:33the greatest monster of all, an extremely horrid creature, with immeasurable strength. In a slightly
05:40different version, Typhon was the son of Cronus, and Hera. After a big quarrel with Zeus, an angry
05:47hero visited their father, Cronus, whom Zeus had defeated, and asked for a way to overthrow Zeus.
05:54Cronus handed Hera, two eggs, covered in his own semen, and told her to bury them, that from those
06:01eggs, the one who would overthrow Zeus, would be born. Hera buried the eggs in Cilicia, but before
06:08Typhon emerged, Hera had reconciled with Zeus, and told him what she had done. Whichever the story is,
06:15there was never a creature, as monstrous as Typhon. Typhon was horrifying, cruel, lawless,
06:22and immensely ferocious. On his shoulders, were one hundred snake heads, that breathed fire,
06:28and made terrible noise. He never tired, nor slept. So huge was he, that his heads, touched the skies,
06:36and from the eyes of his one hundred heads, fire, flashed and burned, as he glared. The mountains
06:43trembled, at the hisses, the bellows, the roars, and every kind of noise, that came from his heads.
06:50He was the bane of gods and mortals alike. Typhon surpassed all other Gaia's children, both in strength,
06:57and in size. A poison spitting viper, he was. From the waist above, he had a human form. From below
07:06the
07:06waist, he had snake coils, as legs. And above the shoulders, was an army of venomous snake heads.
07:12With his main head at the center, having tattered hair, an unkempt beard, and fiery eyes. One of his
07:20hands reached out to the west, and the other hand, to the east. And in place of his fingers, were
07:26a hundred
07:26dragons heads. Typhon married a fellow monster, Echidna, the mother of monsters. And had a number
07:33of monstrous children. His children were the Leiden, the two-headed Orthrus, the Sphinx, the Nemean lion,
07:40the three-headed Cerberus, the Lernian hydra, and the Chimera. When the enormous and powerful Typhon was
07:47ready, he set out to do what he was born to do, to overthrow Zeus. Typhon began to hurl big
07:54fiery rocks,
07:55at the gods. He spat poison at them, he blasted fire at them. In order to escape this mad monster,
08:02most of the gods transformed into animals, and fled to Egypt. Except Athena, and Zeus, who stayed behind.
08:10And Hades and Poseidon, who remained in their territories. Apollo transformed into a hawk.
08:16Hermes, an ibis. Ares, a fish. Artemis, a cat. Dionysus, a goat. Heracles, a fawn. Hephaestus, an ox. And Leto,
08:29a mouse.
08:30When the warrior goddess, Athena, urged her father Zeus, to fight for his children, and all of Olympus,
08:36Zeus set out to meet his supposed pain. He and Typhon, engaged in an earth-shaking battle,
08:43which caused the realm of Hades to tremble, and the seas of Poseidon, to rage. Even Tartarus,
08:49shook beneath the feet of the two fighting gods. Who would the victor be? The king of the gods,
08:55or the king of monsters? The two gods struggled, and strained. Typhon, pouring fire and venom. And
09:03Zeus, hurling lightning and thunderbolts. The sky god dealt huge strikes at his opponent,
09:09with his thunderbolts. Severing many of the monster's snake heads. After a long time of struggling,
09:16Zeus was finally able to restrain Typhon's arms. And fired thunderbolts at the monster, with great might.
09:23Typhon fell to the earth with a loud crash. Burnt, and maimed. Zeus had conquered him. The king of the
09:31gods, had won. Typhon met the same fate, as his titan brothers. Zeus cast him into Tartarus, and placed a
09:39huge mountain, known as Mount Etna, over him, to make sure he never escaped. It is believed, that
09:47volcanic eruptions, are caused by Typhon, in his efforts to escape. This is the myth of Typhon.
10:09Typhon, in the land far away from the deathless gods, and mortal men. In the deepest caves of
10:15Arima, lived a half maiden, half snake creature, who preyed on unaware travelers. Echidna, the mother of
10:22all monsters. The she viper, the half nymph half serpent. The one who was neither, like mortal men,
10:30nor the undying gods. Some say, Echidna was the daughter of Tartarus, and Gaia. Some say she was
10:37the daughter of the primordial sea god, Phocis, and his consort, Ceto, the goddess of the dangers of the
10:43deep. While others say, she was the daughter of the river goddess Styx. In appearance, Echidna was an
10:51irresistible, yet fearsome creature. With the beautiful upper body of a young maiden, and the
10:56lower body of a viper. She was half a nymph, with enchanting eyes, and fair cheeks. And half again,
11:04a huge snake. Great, and awful. She was an ageless creature, who never grew old, all her days.
11:12Echidna consorted with a fellow monster, known as Typhon, the father of all monsters. And from the union of
11:19these two monsters, came nothing but monsters. The most famous of their children were, Cerberus,
11:25the three-headed hound, who guarded the gates of Hades. The Lernian Hydra, the many-headed serpent,
11:31that grew two heads if one was cut off. The Sphinx, a winged half-woman, half-lion creature,
11:38that guarded the road to Thebes. And the Chimera, a creature with the head of a lion, a goat's body,
11:43and a snake as its tail. Echidna would lie in wait, in her caves, for unwary passers-by, and animals.
11:52Whichever unfortunate victim, fell into her trap, she carried off, and fed upon. However, after the
12:00powerful Typhon was defeated, at the hands of Zeus, Echidna, soon met her own death. She was killed,
12:07while sleeping, by the hundred-eyed giant, Argus Penoctis, who was sent by Hera. In a different version
12:15though, Echidna remained alive, after the defeat of her husband, Typhon, and continued living in the
12:21caves of Arima, carrying off passers-by.
12:39Once upon a time of myths, and monsters, the Earth, Gaia, brought forth new children, after the
12:46imprisonment of her very first set of children, and the overthrow of the titans, the old order of gods.
12:53Fathered by the gloomy pit, Tartarus, the most famous of these later children, were Typhon,
12:59and Echidna. Both of whom were an epitome of monstrosity. Typhon was undoubtedly the king of all
13:06monsters. And Echidna, the queen. So when Typhon wanted a consort, who else was more fitting, if not
13:13Echidna, the only other creature in the universe, who looked like him. From the union of these two
13:20monsters, a new generation of monsters was born. Horrifying, and vicious, they were gifted with
13:27incredible strength, and came in all forms and sizes. 1. Cerberus.
13:33Also known as the Hound of Hades, Cerberus was the gigantic three-headed dog, who faithfully
13:39guided the gates of the underworld. Strong, and relentless, these beasts, fed on raw flesh,
13:46and had a terrifyingly loud voice. As its duty, Cerberus prevented the dead from leaving the realm
13:52of Hades, and made sure that no soul, who entered, ever returned to the world of the living. Like its
13:59master, Hades, Cerberus was strict, and unyielding. Only three heroes in all of Greek myths, managed to
14:07outsmart this beast, when they visited the underworld. Heracles achieved it with his strength. Orpheus,
14:14with his music. And Aeneas, with the aid of the Sybil of Cumi, who bribed Cerberus, with a honey cake.
14:212. The Lernian Hydra. The Lernian Hydra, was a hideous water serpent,
14:28which had many heads, that grew two more, if one was cut off. This monster resided in the lake of
14:34Lerna,
14:35in the region of Argolid, which no one, dared to venture. It had a poisonous breath. And its
14:42blood was so venomous, that the mere scent of this monster, could kill anyone, who perceived it.
14:48Whatever its blood tainted, perished. The Hydra was eventually killed by Heracles,
14:54with the help of his nephew, Iolaus. Heracles cut off the monster's heads,
14:59while his nephew burnt the stumps, so two more heads, would not grow back.
15:043. Orthrus. Orthrus was the two-headed dog, who lived with Geryon, the three-bodied,
15:11three-headed giant. Geryon, owned a herd of cattle, in the land of Erethea. Where Orthrus,
15:18helped him keep guard of them. Orthrus and his master, Geryon, were killed by the hero, Heracles,
15:25during his twelve labors. 4. The Sphinx.
15:30The Sphinx was a winged creature, with the body of a lion, and the head of a woman,
15:35that guarded the road to Thebes. It would stop travelers, and ask them a riddle. If the traveler
15:42failed her riddle, or refused to answer, the Sphinx killed, and ate them. When the ill-fated prince,
15:49Oedipus, answered her riddle correctly, the Sphinx, in madness, threw herself off the cliff,
15:55to her death. No one had ever solved her riddle, till then. 5. The Laiden.
16:03The Laiden, was a multi-headed dragon, which guarded the golden apples, in the garden of the
16:08Hesperides. Like Orthrus, the Laiden was not as famous as its other siblings. The most known
16:15encounter with this monster, was during the twelve labors of Heracles, where Heracles killed it,
16:21in order to retrieve the golden apples, of the Hesperides. In a different story, the Laiden was
16:27never killed, because Heracles, never went to the garden. Instead, he tricked the titan, Atlas,
16:34into retrieving the apples for him, thereby completing his task. 6. The Chimera.
16:42The Chimera was a ferocious monster, that had the heads of both a lion, and a goat, and a serpent,
16:48as its tail. This hybrid creature, dwelt in a small part of Lycia, scorching and terrorizing the region,
16:56until the fateful day, when it was killed by the hero, Bellerophon. 7. The Nemean Lion.
17:03The Nemean Lion, was a very large and powerful beast, with an impenetrable skin of gold,
17:09and sharp claws that could cut through any armor. This fearsome creature, dwelt in the land of Nemea.
17:16Its skin was tougher than the weapons of mortals, and thus, could not be killed by them. The lion was
17:23eventually killed by Heracles, during one of his twelve labors. These, are the children of Echidna,
17:30and Typhon. It is sometimes said, that the father and mother of monsters, had other children,
17:36children, in addition to the already mentioned ones. Some of them include, the caucasian eagle,
17:42that fed every day, on the ever-regenerating liver, of the titan, Prometheus, till it was killed by
17:48Heracles, and then the gigantic flesh-eating Promeonian sow, which was killed by the hero, Theseus.
17:56In the eerie caverns deep beneath Olympus, close to the entrance of the underworld,
18:02resided three female monsters of untold hideousness. Monsters with awful scaly skin,
18:09hands made of brass, fangs more like tusks, talons of ire, serpent coils as legs, poisonous snakes as
18:19hair, and eyes of death itself. So horrifying were they, that a mere gaze upon them, petrified
18:27anyone to death, and turned them into stones. The Gorgons, children of the sea, daughters of the deep.
18:52Steno the fierce. Steno, the strong. The immortal Gorgon, who never raged. The daughter of the sea
18:59deity, forces, and the goddess of the deep, Seto, she was the eldest of the three Gorgons. Steno was
19:07the most independent of her Gorgon sisters, Euryli, and Medusa. Her strength surpassed that of her sisters,
19:14and her ferocity, her littled their own. She was bloodthirsty, and always eager to kill. So much so,
19:22that she killed many more men, than both of her sisters, combined. In appearance, Steno was thin,
19:29and tall, with an upper body that resembled that of a woman, and the lower body of a huge snake.
19:35She had red scaly skin, a long protruding tongue, and red snakes, curling around her scaly head,
19:41in place of hair. She had eyes, which glowed in the dark, and turned anyone who looked upon them,
19:48into stones. Around her waist, was a long snake, tied as a belt. The later Roman depictions,
19:56took away some of the Gorgon's hideousness, showing Steno and her sisters, as beautiful women,
20:01with snake hair, combining the urge to behold their beauty, with the fear of instant death.
20:07Aside Euryli and Medusa, Steno had other siblings, who were not Gorgons. Some were still monsters,
20:15some, were hags, and some, were nymphs. They include, the Hesperides, the Gryhi, Thusa,
20:24Skyla, and Leiden. Steno never left her dark home, in the caverns. Hidden by the darkness,
20:32she and her sisters, laid in wait, for unwary travellers, and those foolish enough to enter
20:37the caverns. With the great strength of a cuttlefish, and her intense urge to kill,
20:43most of the intruders and men, who wandered into the caverns, possibly met their cruel deaths,
20:48at the hands of Steno. In popular versions of Greek mythology, Steno and her two sisters,
20:55were not born Gorgons, but were beautiful women, who served in the temple of Athena.
21:00When Medusa, the most beautiful of the three, became boastful, she caught the attention of
21:06Poseidon, lord of the seas, who then laid with her, right before the statue of Athena.
21:12Athena punished Medusa, by turning her into an ugly Gorgon. And when Steno and Euryli, tried to defend
21:19their sister, the goddess also turned them, into Gorgons. After the death of their mortal sister,
21:26Steno and Euryli, continued to live, as they were immortal, and could not die. It is often said,
21:33that the two, relocated to the underworld, where they were used by Hades, to torment the dead.
21:41In the eerie caverns deep beneath Olympus, close to the entrance of the underworld,
21:46resided three female monsters of untold hideousness. Monsters with awful scaly skin, hands made of brass,
21:54fangs more like tusks, talons of ire, serpent coils as legs, poisonous snakes as hair, and eyes of death
22:02itself. So horrifying were they, that a mere gaze upon them, petrified anyone to death, and turned them
22:10into stones. The Gorgons, children of the sea, daughters of the deep.
22:32Euryli, the fast bringer, the wide leaper, the squid like one. Born after Steno, and before Medusa,
22:40she was the second eldest, of the Gorgons. The daughter of the sea god forces, and the goddess
22:46of the deep, Ceto, she was also the sister to Laiden, Thusa, the Hesperides, the Gryhi,
22:54and the six-headed Skylar. Euryli neither had the might of Steno, nor the wits of Medusa,
23:01but she was the fastest, and the most agile of them. She could spring to great heights,
23:06with ease, and cover far distances, with just a single leap. Thus, she was called the far leaper.
23:14With loud deafening cries that echoed through the caves, and terrifying death bellows that
23:19reverberated through the earth, she was the loudest of the sisters, the noisiest of the three.
23:25Like the Gorgon she was, Euryli had the hands of bronze, the lower body of a snake, skin covered with
23:32scales, sharp tusks, as fangs, long snaky tongue, hair of living venomous snakes, and glowing eyes
23:40which turned people to stones. As a distinct physical feature however, Euryli had tough knuckles,
23:46instead of claws. Her skin was of grey, or violet colour, and the snakes on her head, were of the
23:53same greyish or violet colour. Like her elder sister Steno, she was an immortal Gorgon, who neither grew
24:00old, nor died. Born in the caves beneath Mount Olympus, Euryli rarely ever left her home. With her
24:09Gorgon sisters, she hid in the darkness of the caves, away from the light, laying waste to any victim,
24:15who trespassed into their territory. In a different version of the myth, the three Gorgons were once
24:21maidens, who served the virgin goddess, Athena. When the pretty Medusa, incurred the wrath of Athena,
24:28by being defiled, she was transformed into a Gorgon, along with Euryli and Steno, who stood with her.
24:35Being too ugly for the world, they withdrew, to the dark caverns.
24:41After the mortal Medusa was beheaded by Perseus, it was Euryli's death bellowing screams, that drew the
24:47attention of Steno. They both tried to avenge their sister's death, but failed, because Perseus was
24:54aided by the gods. With the loss of one of their own, it is said, that the immortal two, Euryli
25:00and
25:00Steno, found a new home, in the underworld, as servants of Hades, tormenting the souls of the dead,
25:07at their master's will. In the eerie caverns deep beneath Olympus, close to the entrance of the
25:14underworld, resided three female monsters of untold hideousness. Monsters with awful scaly skin,
25:21hands made of brass, fangs more like tusks, talons of ire, serpent coils as legs, poisonous snakes as
25:30hair, and eyes of death itself. So horrifying were they, that a mere gaze upon them, petrified anyone
25:37to death, and turned them into stones. The Gorgons, children of the sea, daughters of the deep.
26:01Medusa, guardian of the caves, the Gorgon queen, reigning supreme, not by might, nor by power,
26:08but by wits, by wisdom, by charm and beauty. The most famous Gorgon in all of Greek mythology,
26:16Medusa is seen in many different lights. To some, she was a terror of nature, a hideous creature with
26:23glaring eyes, evil, dreadful, and terrifying, with hatred for mortal man. And to some, she was a victim
26:31of ill fate, the one who was both a monster, and a beauty, the fairest of the Gorgons. Medusa was
26:38the
26:39daughter of forces, the old man of the sea, and Ceto, the monster goddess of the deep, and the sister
26:45to Steno, Uriali, the Gryhi, Skyla, Leydon, Thusa, and the Hesperides. She was also the youngest of the
26:55three Gorgons. According to early myths, Medusa was a born monster, deadly, and hateful, hideous in
27:03appearance, the most terrifying of her sisters, with hair of living snakes, hands and claws of bronze,
27:09or tusks as fangs, the lower body of a snake, and a gaze so piercing that it turned
27:15people to stones. While according to later poets like Ovid, and Pindar, Medusa was not born a Gorgon,
27:22but was very different from her monstrous sisters, and family. In these myths, she was born a fair
27:29maiden, and not a monster, lovely to behold, and not frightful, greatly attractive, and not repulsive.
27:37With hair of golden locks, a face so charming, and eyes which sparkled like stars, she was a ravishing
27:44beauty, the desire of many suitors. A common detail shared by these various myths though, was that,
27:51alas, Medusa was a mere mortal, the only one among her sisters, who was not gifted with immortality,
27:58thus, she could be killed, by the weapons of man. The fair Medusa was once the servant of Athena,
28:05serving in the temple of the virgin goddess. Wherever she went, she was admired for her beauty,
28:11praised for her pretty looks. Soon, the showers of praises began to get to her head,
28:17and Medusa gradually became boastful, likening herself to Athena, comparing her beauty to that
28:24of the goddess. She believed her hair was prettier, and her face was lovelier. One day, her golden locks,
28:32caught the attention of the sea god Poseidon, who immediately lusted after her.
28:37At the coming of dusk, Poseidon quietly crept into the temple, and seduced Medusa, mating with her,
28:44in the sacred temple, defiling her, in front of the virgin goddess's statue. When dawn came,
28:51Athena appeared before Medusa, ready to unleash her wrath. The lord of the seas was blameless,
28:57and could not be punished. So Athena directed her anger, towards her defiled servant, the mortal Medusa.
29:05She turned Medusa's golden hair into poisonous snakes, and made her face so terrible to behold,
29:11that the mere sight of it, would turn anyone into stones. Medusa became uglier than her sisters,
29:17doomed to hide her ugliness, away from the world, for the rest of her days. In some stories however,
29:24even as a gorgon, Medusa remained beautiful. Even as a monster, her charms could still not be resisted.
29:31Tempting men to meet her gaze, and luring them to their deaths. In another version of the myth,
29:38Medusa's sisters, Steno and Euryale, were also once beautiful maidens, and served alongside her,
29:45in the temple of Athena. After turning Medusa into a gorgon, as punishment for being defiled,
29:51and being boastful, the goddess also turned Steno and Euryale, into gorgons, for standing with their
29:57sister. Medusa became pregnant with Poseidon's children, after the incident at the temple.
30:04The gorgon would later be slain, by the hero, Perseus, and from her headless body, the winged
30:10Pegasus, and the giant, Crisawa, would be born.
30:15In the eerie caverns deep beneath Olympus, close to the entrance of the underworld,
30:20resided three female monsters of untold hideousness. Monsters with awful scaly skin,
30:27hands made of brass, fangs more like tusks, talons of ire, serpent coils as legs, poisonous snakes as hair,
30:35and eyes of death itself. So horrifying were they, that a mere gaze upon them, petrified anyone to death,
30:44and turned them into stones. The gorgons, children of the sea, daughters of the deep.
31:06Many know the myth of the three gorgons, but very few, know of the very first gorgon,
31:12to exist in greek mythology. Gorgo X, the elder gorgon, the spirit of the stormy clouds.
31:20Gorgo X, was an ancient gorgon, who existed when the world was still young, during the time of the
31:26ancient titans, before the birth and reign of the olympians. It was a monstrous goat, the alter ego of
31:33Amalthea, the goatish nurse of babies use. Its name illiterally meant terrible goat, or fierce storm.
31:40Similar to the later gorgons, gorgo had living serpents as hair, tusks as fangs, and long lolling
31:47tongue. However, it had the body of a goat, an ugly flat nose, and was of indescribable gender.
31:55Gorgo could not be referred to, as a he, or a she, because it was neither male, nor female.
32:02It was described, as either a woman, who had manly features, such as a beard, or a man, with womanly
32:08attributes. Gorgo was an effeminate monster, and was sometimes, said to be the mother, or father of
32:15the three gorgons. Prior to the ten year long war, between the titans and the gods, Gorgo had spent
32:22most of its life, hidden away by Gaia, in a secret cretin cave. And during the war, the monstrous goat,
32:28joined forces with the titans, the enemies of the gods. Gorgo was slain at the start of the war,
32:35by Zeus, who then used the goat skin, to construct his famous aegis, placing its hideous head, at the
32:42front of the shield. This, possibly explains why Zeus, already wielded an aegis, decorated with the
32:49gorgons head, long before the time, and death of Medusa. Modelling after her father, Athena also
32:56placed the gift of Medusa's head, on her own aegis. Like father, like daughter. The images of
33:03gorgons, were carved on objects, as protection against evil, in the later times, supposedly due
33:09to their terrifying gaze. Now it is rather surprising, why would a creature, which brought only death,
33:16terror, and misery, be used as protection against evil. To some, there was nothing good about the
33:23gorgon. It was like using evil, to ward off evil. The reason, lies in the myths themselves. The gorgon
33:31was a creature of duality, and was not evil in its entirety. On one hand, and as itself,
33:37it sought to only satisfy its evil tendencies, and on the other hand, it became a tool, against evil.
33:45Its blood was said to be the cure, to all afflictions, and plagues. With the gorgon's head,
33:52Perseus fell the mighty kraken, and ended the rule of the wicked king, Polydectis. In the hands of
33:58Asclepios, the blood drawn from the gorgon's left side, was used to end lives, and the blood drawn from
34:04the right, was used to raise people from the dead. And in the hands of Arithonius, the two vials of
34:11the
34:11gorgon's blood, were used, as a deadly poison, and the cure to all diseases. In addition, Steropi placed a
34:19lock of the gorgon's hair, in her hometown, Teja, to protect it from enemies. And the lock, cast great
34:26terror, into any enemy who beheld it.
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