the mystery of 5 legendary creatures

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Often our curiosity arises when you see the movie with a spooky creature in it. Where does it come from? What's the story like? But when it comes to the mythological creatures that it will just be boring is not it.


1. Echidna


Echidna is the mother of all monsters in Greek mythology. He is the son of Gaia and Tartarus. In a story told he met with Typhon and spawned many monsters. Together with his children Echidna and Typhon attack the Olympians but Zeus defeated him and sealed Typhon under Mount Etna while Echidna and his sons were left off as a challenge for the hero in the future.

Although Echidna has never experienced aging or can be said immortal, according to Hesoid he was killed during sleep by ArgusPanoptes. Giant edged hundred.


2. Samael


Samael or GodOfPoison is the angel of the fifth surge ruler who heads 2 million angels according to the mythology of Palestinakuno. According to Samael's story of 7 archangels this is Lucifer's real name before he falls from the sky. Samael himself was the husband of Lilith the first wife of Adam before Eve (Eve) who was banished from the garden of Eden. Samael is often described as an angel or a winged snake.


3. Banshee


Banshee is the lifeblood angel of Irish mythology, said the cry of Banshee signifies there is someone who damned or soon died in the house. Usually Banshee will make 3 visits to the cursed oaring house. On the first night there will only be a cry of cries that can be heard only by people who are cursed. On the second night the sound of this crying will echo in the living room until the whole house including the cursed heard this sound. Until the third night the sound of this crying can break the glass in the house and before that evening Banshee will take the life of the cursed man and leave his family peacefully.

Usually Banshee would be present in the funeral of the person, crying and wailing but none of the grieving families recognized him until he vanished on his own. Banshee usually portrayed the figure of a woman to the mother to the figure of an elderly woman.


4. Scylla


Scylla is actually a beautiful woman who was once loved by the sea god Glaukos, but Scylla rejected the love of Glaukos. Karna despair Glaukos ask for a love potion from a curiosity wizard who loves Glaukos. Instead of executing Glaukos's commands, Circe jealous of Scylla pours a potion while Scylla takes a bath, this herb makes Scylla's body grow 6 dog heads and legs turn into an octopus. Scylla who tried to run at that moment gradually realized that it was part of his own body and finally Scylla really turned into a monster.

It is said that Scylla lives somewhere in the sea near Charybdis to prey on sailors or fishermen passing nearby.


5. Argus Panoptes


Argus is a hundred-eyed giant commissioned by Hera To guard the cow named Io. Narrated because Zeus is afraid of her affair with Io in Hera knows, then Zeus change Io into a cow, but because Hera still suspicious and want to keep Io from Zeus then, ArgusPanoptes sent to keep Io, because Argus is so alert that Zeus can not take Io without to Argus's knowledge, even with the sleep of some of his eyes still open.

For this ultimately Zeus sent his son Hermes to kill Argus, put him to sleep by Arges Hermes disguised as a shepherd with his music game, after sleeping and closed all the hundred eyes just hermes killing him. After death Hera brings all of Argus's eyes and attaches them to her pet bird. This is the origin of the birds of warfare according to Greek myth.


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