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In Greek mythology '''Python''' was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in the vase * Burkert, Walter, Greek Religion 1985.

In Greek mythology '''Kampe''' (or '''Campe''') was a monstrous Drakaina (she-dragon) appointe Joseph Eddy Fontenrose suggests that for Nonnus Campe is a Greek refiguring of Tiamat and that "she is Echidna under another name, as Nonnos

==Origin== ...Hephaestion.[4] In one version, Heracles did not kill Ladon. Ladon is the Greek version of the West Semitic serpent [[Lotan]], or the Hurrian serpent [[Ill

...f the River Danube instead of going south towards the Aegean Sea and their Greek homeland. There was no way back, so they went on, up the Danube and then al ...ey also dedicated the castle chapel to St George. Alternatively, in Slavic mythology the dragon represents the god Veles, opponent of the supreme thunder god Pe

In Hittite mythology, '''Illuyanka''' was a serpentine dragon slain by Tarhunt, the Hittite god ...n mythology ), Indra and Vritra (Indian mythology), Zeus and Typhon (Greek mythology).

Amphisbaena' is a Greek word, from ''amfis'', meaning bothways, and ''bainein'', meaning to go. According to Greek mythology, the mythological amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from

...a cave, who mothered with her mate [[Typhon]] every major monster in the Greek mythos. '''Echidna''' from Greek ''ekhis'' means "she viper"

...sed Typhon [Set], and was the last divine king of Egypt. Osiris is, in the Greek language, Dionysos." - Herodotus, Histories 2.144.1 *Homer, The Iliad - Greek Epic C9th-8th BC

In Greek mythology, '''Cacus''' was a fire-breathing monster and the son of Vulcan. It lived i In ancient Roman mythology, Cacus ("bad") was a fire god. He was later demoted to the giant described

In Babylonian mythology, '''Tiamat''' is a sea goddess, and a monstrous embodiment of primordial ch ...ction to Tethys. The later form thalatth he finds to be clearly related to Greek thalassa, "sea".

In Greek mythology, the '''Gorgons''' ("terrible" or, according to some, "loud-roaring") were ==Origin==

‘’’Harpyiae’’’ (Harpuiai), means "the swift robbers," in Greek and are, in the Homeric poems, nothing but personified storm winds. (Od. xx In earlier versions of Greek myth (Hesiod in ''Theogony'' calls them two "lovely-haired" creatures), Ha

In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods. ==Origin==

In Greek mythology, the '''Lernaean Hydra''' was an ancient serpent-like chthonic water beast ==Theories about origin and existence==

In [[:Category:Origin: Greek Mythology|Greek Mythology]] the '''Sirens''' or '''Seirenes''' were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nai ==Origin==

The name ouroboros (or, in Latinized form, uroborus) from the Greek 'ουροβóρος' meaning "tail-devourer". ...ings perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end (See Phoenix (mythology)). It can also represent the idea of primordial unity. The Jungian psycholo

==Origin== The word "basilisk" comes from the Greek ''basileus'', which means king. The basilisk was the king of the snakes and

...' or the '''Eight-Forked Serpent''' is a serpent-like creature in Japanese mythology. ...the Japanese), Post Wheeler also records analogous legends of the Hydra of Greek myth, of Fafnir from the Germanic, and of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, whom

...ka''' (Avestan Great Snake) is a dragon or demonic figure in the texts and mythology of Zoroastrian Persia, where he is one of the subordinates of [[Angra Mainy ..., and without a sinister implication. Azi and Ahi are distantly related to Greek ophis, Latin anguis, both meaning "snake".