An Echidna is a monstrous snake women with a human head and a snake-like body. It has a forked-tongue, vicious fangs, scaly skin and the eyes of a reptile.
The animal name is correctly spelled echidna, the "spiny anteater".(The name is from the half-snake woman in Greek mythology, capitalized Echidna.)
In "The Lightning Thief," the mother of monsters is Echidna. She is a creature from Greek mythology who is known for giving birth to many famous monsters like the Sphinx and Cerberus. Echidna is depicted as a half-woman, half-snake being.
He is the offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
Now, it is the head of monsters, Echidna, and her son, Chimera.
The Gryphon didn't have it's origins in Greek mythology, so it is rarely mentioned and has no recorded lineage. If it were to have parentage, it would likely have been Typhon and Echidna, the parents of most of the monsters in Greek Mythology.
The echidna (Tachyglossus Aculeatus) was named after the Greek monster Echidna, who was half snake (reptile) and half woman (mammal). She was known as the "Mother of all Monsters" as most of the monsters in Greek mythology were said to have mothered by Echidna. The most obvious reptilian characteristic of the echidna is that it lays eggs. The mammalian characteristics of the echidna is that they are warm-blooded, have fur, produce milk and suckle their young.
The mother of the Chimera was the monster Echidna, who was part-woman and part-serpent. She was known for giving birth to various monstrous creatures in Greek mythology.
The king of all monsters was Typhon. His wife Echidna was likewise the mother of all monsters.
Greek Mythology says that Cerberus was the offspring of Typhaon, the last of the titans, and Echidna, the half beautiful woman, half vicious snake.
The echidna (Tachyglossus Aculeatus) was named after the Greek monster Echidna, who was half snake (reptile) and half woman (mammal). She was known as the "Mother of all Monsters" as most of the monsters in Greek mythology were said to have mothered by Echidna. The most obvious reptilian characteristic of the echidna is that it lays eggs. The mammalian characteristics of the echidna is that they are warm-blooded, have fur, produce milk and suckle their young. An echidna is part of the Monotreme group. The only other animal in that group in the Platypus. For more information on Echidna the monster, see the related link.
The echidna (Tachyglossus Aculeatus) was named after the Greek monster Echidna, who was half snake (reptile) and half woman (mammal). She was known as the "Mother of all Monsters" as most of the monsters in Greek mythology were said to have mothered by Echidna.The most obvious reptilian characteristic of the echidna is that it lays eggs. The mammalian characteristics of the echidna is that they are warm-blooded, have fur, produce milk and suckle their young.For more information on Echidna the monster, see the related link.As for the echidna's scientific name of Tachyglossus - this means "Fast tongue". The echidna lives primarily on termites and ants, collecting them from nests by flicking its tongue in and out very quickly to capture the insects. The echidna's tongue moves at a speed of around 100 times per minute.
Echidna and Typhon are the parents of all monsters from Greek myth.