Typhon (Typhoeus) Greek A hundred-headed monster whose parents were Gaia (Earth) and Tartarus.

Typhon (Typhoeus) Greek A hundred-headed monster whose parents were Gaia (Earth) and Tartarus. Although it was the largest monster ever born, according to Greek mythology, with coiled serpents for legs, Zeus defeated the monster and threw it into Hades. Another version of the Typhon myth was that Typhon did mighty battle with Zeus, hurling rocks and mountains against the thunderbolts of the god and eventually capturing Zeus. Typhon cut the sinews from the hands and feet of Zeus, thus rendering him powerless. He thrust Zeus into a mountain cave, and stuffed the precious sinews into a bearskin sack or leather bag. Hermes and Pan found Zeus and managed to steal back the sinews and restore them to Zeus's appendages. The struggle between Typhon and Zeus continued. Delicious food given to Typhon by the Fates weakened him. He made a final stand on Mount Haemus (Blood Mountain) in Thrace, where Zeus injured him so severely that his blood made the streams run red, giving the mountain its name. Typhon was able to flee to Sicily, but Zeus caught up with him and finally crushed him into the Earth under a volcano, Mount Etna, which is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Before he was imprisoned Typhon fathered with Echidna a host of monsters, among them Cerberus, the Chimera, the Lernaean Hydra, the Nemean Lion, Orthos, and the Sphinx.