The Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that lives under an enormous fig tree. It tried to suck in Odysseus's ship.
To stop them being enchanted by the song of the sirens.
In The Odyssey, Charybdis was a sea monster that created a whirlpool three times a day, swallowing everything in its path. When Odysseus and his crew encountered Charybdis, they narrowly escaped being sucked into the whirlpool. However, in doing so, they lost some of their men and their ship was damaged, making their journey even more perilous.
Calypso told Odysseus that if he did not sacrifice six men to the Scylla he would lose his whole ship to Charybdis. If he had told his men of the dangers they might not have agreed to sail through Scylla's passage.
Scylla killed the six men by snatching them from Odysseus's ship as it passed through the strait between her and Charybdis. As the ship approached, she emerged from her lair, her twelve dog-like heads snatching the sailors one by one. Despite Odysseus's attempts to save them, the men were powerless against her fearsome grasp. This encounter exemplified the perilous challenges he faced during his journey home.
She will swallow it in a giant whirlpool.
The Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that lives under an enormous fig tree. It tried to suck in Odysseus's ship.
The danger of Charybdis was that it tried to destroy the ship at sea. It was a large and vicious sea monster that tried to kill Odysseus.
Odysseus chooses to pass by Scylla because, Scylla will only kill 6 men, one for each head. Charybdis will sink the ship, killing everyone. Circe has also advised Odysseus to do choose Scylla. Further, Charybdis is a visible danger, and Odysseus uses Charybdis to encourage his men to pass by quickly. Finally, passing by Scylla and Charybdis is given as the only way for Odysseus to get home from where he is.
The strait is narrow and so Odysseus has to pass by either Scylla or Charybdis. Circe tells Odysseus that Charybdis is far more dangerous, as 3 times a day it sucks in all the waters around it. This would completely suck in Odysseus and his ship if he is sailing too close to Charybdis. Circe advises Odysseus to go to Scylla's side of the strait, for despite the danger of the monster, it is preferable to lose a half-dozen men than the whole ship.
The Devil and the Deep in the Odyssey refers to the Scylla and the Charybdis. The Scylla is a six headed monster who will take six of Odysseus's men. The Charybdis is a giant whirlpool that will consume and destroy Odysseus's entire ship. Odysseus decides to use the passage of Scylla and sacrifice six of his men.
Both of them threaten to kill both Odysseus and his crew. However, there is no way past except to sail past at least one of them. Charybdis is the bigger danger, as it threatens to destroy the entire ship.
To stop them being enchanted by the song of the sirens.
Odysseus successfully sailed his ship past Scylla and Charybdis, but Scylla managed to catch six of his men, devouring them alive.
Charybdis or Kharybdis, was the monster which could consume sea water and expel it, Odysseus' ship was caught by Charybdis/Kharybdis. Part of a Duo (Scylla or Skylla & Charybdis or Kharybdis), which are two large rocks near Sicily, and get their names from this duo of fierce Mythological Sea Creatures.
Odysseus was forced to choose which monster to confront while passing through the strait of Messina. Scylla was a six-headed sea monster on the Italian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. They were close enough that avoiding Charybdis meant passing too close to Scylla and vice versa. Odysseus opted to pass by Scylla and lose only a few sailors, rather than risk the loss of his entire ship in the whirlpool.
Odysseus was forced to choose which monster to confront while passing through the strait of Messina. Scylla was a six-headed sea monster on the Italian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. They were close enough that avoiding Charybdis meant passing too close to Scylla and vice versa. Odysseus opted to pass by Scylla and lose only a few sailors, rather than risk the loss of his entire ship.