A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Graeco-Roman tradition, the Echidna is a gigantic half-woman and half-snake hybrid creature. As a tall, charming, and beautiful woman from the waist below, she was a hideous serpent.
In other words, Echidna—described by Hesiod as an 'impossible monster'—is a remarkable creature and the mother of a pantheon of spirits with a fierce temperament. These spirits, among many other monstrous spirits, represented dark forces. These forces were created in the earliest days of the gods' violent wars. Some of these creatures survived the conflicts and continued to haunt and seriously endanger humans.
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