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Bible Encyclopedias
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search Results: "hydra
Title Matches: 2
Hydra, the Lernean
a monstrous reptile inhabiting a marsh, with a number of heads, that grew on again as often as they were chopped off, and the destruction of which was one of the twelve labours of hercules, an act which symbolises the toil expended in draining the fens of the world for man's habitation.
a monstrous reptile inhabiting a marsh, with a number of heads, that grew on again as often as they were chopped off, and the destruction of which was one of the twelve labours of hercules, an act which symbolises the toil expended in draining the fens of the world for man's habitation.
Lernæan Hydra
A monster with nine heads, one of them immortal, that infested a swamp near Lernæ, and which Hercules was required to slay as one of his twelve
A monster with nine heads, one of them immortal, that infested a swamp near Lernæ, and which Hercules was required to slay as one of his twelve
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Echidna
a fabulous monster that figures in the greek mythology, half-woman, half-serpent, the mother of cerberus, the lernean hydra, the chimæra, the sphinx, the gorgons, the nemean lion, the vulture that gnawed the liver of prometheus, &c.
a fabulous monster that figures in the greek mythology, half-woman, half-serpent, the mother of cerberus, the lernean hydra, the chimæra, the sphinx, the gorgons, the nemean lion, the vulture that gnawed the liver of prometheus, &c.
Hercules
his father; these are known as the "Twelve Labours of Hercules": the first the throttling of the Nemean lion; the second, the killing of the Lernean hydra; the third, the hunt and capture of the hind of Diana, with its hoofs of brass; the fourth, the taking alive of the boar of Erymanthus; the fifth,
his father; these are known as the "Twelve Labours of Hercules": the first the throttling of the Nemean lion; the second, the killing of the Lernean hydra; the third, the hunt and capture of the hind of Diana, with its hoofs of brass; the fourth, the taking alive of the boar of Erymanthus; the fifth,
Nessus
A Centaur who, for attempting to carry off Dejanira, Hercules' wife, was shot by Hercules with an arrow dipped in the blood of the Hydra (q. v .), and
A Centaur who, for attempting to carry off Dejanira, Hercules' wife, was shot by Hercules with an arrow dipped in the blood of the Hydra (q. v .), and
