Yes, she is.
Scylla: sea monster of gray rockScylla was a six-headed monster in The Odyssey. She lived on a promontory and would eat six men (one for every head) from all the ships that passed by. She is considered a threshold guardian.Scylla, partnered in a strait of water with Charybdis, is a creature with 12 arms, and 6 heads, each with 3 rows of teeth. Whenever a boat passes by, Scylla takes at least 6 men to eat; one for each head.You can find Scylla and Charybdis in "The Odyssey" by Homer, Book XIIScylla was originally aid to be a water nymph, with whom the god Glaucus was enamoured. Scylla was transformed into a monster by Circe, whom fell in love with Glaucus but could not win him over.
who is scylla
Each of Scylla's 6 serpent-like heads grabs one of Odysseus men, eating them whole.
Scylla grew up a beautiful maiden nymph, the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. One day while she walked along the water's edge a man turned sea-god, Glaucus, spotted her. He lusted after her, but, in she did not return that love. A jealous Circe, who was in love with Glaucus herself, got pissed and used herbs to magically poison the water and transform poor Scylla. She was human to the waist, but below that were biting snapping dogs. She had become a monster. She sat on the Italian side of the straits of Messina gobbling up anything that came within her reach. In The Odyssey, Odysseus manages to avoid Charybdis (see above), but loses six men to Scylla. Scylla probably explained a partially submerged rock that ships foundered on. There is also a human named Scylla, in case you came here by mistake. Scylla means "She who rends". The painting is of Scylla and Circe, by John Melhuish Strudwick.
No, Scylla is not real. Scylla is a mythological demon in the Odyssey who was once a beautiful naiad, (sea nymph) and Poseidon was attracted to her and so Poseidon's wife found out and turned the naiad into Scylla. This information is in the book The Odyssey, you should read it
Yes, she is.
The name of the myth which featured Scylla was the Odyssey allegedly written by Homer
Scylla.
According to Homer's Odyssey, six of Odysseus' men were eaten alive by Scylla.
in the part where Odyseus is sailing in between them
For instance Scylla and Charybdis, in the Odyssey.
Her name is Scylla
In Homer's Odyssey, Scylla is described as snatching and devouring six men like fish from a ship's deck. This vivid simile emphasizes the speed and violence of Scylla's attack during the sailors' journey.
Yes, in the Odyssey, Scylla is described as a sea monster with six heads that devours six crew members from Odysseus's ship as they pass by her lair. Odysseus was unable to save them despite his efforts.
Poseidon and Scylla work against Odysseus in "The Odyssey." Poseidon holds a grudge against Odysseus for blinding his son, Polyphemus, while Scylla is a sea monster that attacks Odysseus's men as they sail past her lair.
In the Odyssey: Odysseus has his men sail quickly past Scylla. He loses his 6 best men to Scylla, one for each of her heads. From a movie version: He grabs the Fig tree and waits for the whirlpool to spit out the piece of the ship he uses for him to sail