Lernaean Hydra
Generation VI · Many-headed serpent of Lerna · The Olympians · Heroes & Monsters
The Hydra was a poisonous water serpent reared by Hera in the marshes of Lerna, near a reputed mouth of the underworld, and for every head cut off, more grew in its place. Heracles mastered her in his second labour with his nephew Iolaus searing each stump with fire, and afterward dipped his arrows in her venom — a poison that would echo through his later stories.
One of 90 people of The Olympians in this archive. The gods who took Olympus from the Titans and kept it.
One of 77 people of Heroes & Monsters in this archive. The mortal and half-mortal children of the gods, and the creatures born beside them.
Line of descent: Chaos → Gaia → Typhon → Lernaean Hydra.