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The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα, Lernaîa Hýdra), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes.

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The Hydra is a vicious nine-headed monster that can grow back its heads. The Lernaean Hydra was born to Typhon and Echidna. While not the most powerful of its siblings, the Hydra was a fearsome and vicious monsters with nine heads (at birth). The monster terrorized the Kingdom of Lerna, chasing all of the inhabitants away with the toxic acid and fumes that it spewed at them and killing livestock. When one of the Hydra's heads was decapitated, two more snake-heads would grow in its place…

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The Lernaean Hydra was a monster in Greek mythology. It had many heads and every time someone would cut off one of them, two more heads would grow out of the stump. It was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, the father and mother of all monsters respectively.

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The Chimera is a creature with origins in Greek mythology, legend and folklore. In particular accounts of it arose from The chimera may be depicted as a lion with another head of a goat and a snake as a tail. In some iterations, it has the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and a snake for a tail. The chimera wreaks havoc onto those unfortunate to cross its path. The most prominent ability of a chimera is it's ability to breathe fire from the goat head it possesses. It possesses a lions...

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