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[[Image:Echidna1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A modern illustration (author unknown)]]
[[Image:Echidna1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A modern illustration (author unknown)]]


'''Echidna''' was called the "Mother of All Monsters" and described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a cave,  who mothered with her mate [[Typhon]] every major monster in the Greek mythos.
'''Echidna''' was called the "Mother of All Monsters" and described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a cave,  who mothered with her mate [[Typhon]] every major monster in the Greek mythos.
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*[http://www.loggia.com/myth/echidna.html Mythography article]
*[http://www.loggia.com/myth/echidna.html Mythography article]
*Kark Kerenyi, 1951. ''The Gods of the Greeks'' (Thames and Hudson)
*Kark Kerenyi, 1951. ''The Gods of the Greeks'' (Thames and Hudson)
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