Hydra, Faced Creature Legend 9

Hydra-faced creature Legend 9

Dragon is a Hydra in Greek mythology. This monster-shaped snake or dragon fruit, which has nine heads. Each one head is cut, then the head will grow / form one or two new heads. Hidra also had poisonous breath and blood yan. Hidra lodged at Lerna in the Argolid lake, because it is this creature called Hidra Lerna (Greece: On this vote Λερναία Ὕδρα. The place is also a one lane entrance to the underworld. Hidra a descendant Tifon and Ekhidna. Hidra dikalahkah by Herakles.

After killing the Nemean lion, the second task given to Herakles by Euristheus is killing Hidra. Hidra out of the nest only to terrorize the surrounding settlements. After arriving at the nest Hidra, namely the marshes near Lake Lerna, Heracles covered his mouth and nose with a cloth to protect from toxic fumes. Heracles archery Hidra nest with fire arrows. Heracles then faced Hidra armed with a sickle (according to the early vase paintings), a sword or a bat. But every time Hercules cut off one head Hidra, two other heads will grow again. Heracles then realized that Hidra has a head that lasts.

Heracles knew that he would not be able to beat Hidra alone, so he will ask for help on Iolaos nephew. Iolaos mendapatlan idea (possibly from the goddess Athena) that they must use a torch to burn the neck of the newly truncated Hidra. In this way Hidra head does not grow anymore. In another version, after cutting each head, Heracles dipped his sword in the blood and use it to burn every Hidra neck so the head does not grow anymore. Seeing the situation, Hera sent a giant crab to mengalihakn attention Herakles. Crab is finally trampled to death by the hero Heracles and returned to face Hidra. After all that is not eternal head cut, cut off the head of Herakles Hidra immortal and buried it under a big rock on the road between Lerna and Elaios.

Before leaving, Herakles first dipping all his arrow into the blood Hidra so now all the poisonous arrows. Hera then put Hidra and kepitng giant in the sky as the constellation of Hydra and Cancer. After running the task, Heracles returned to Euristheus Euristheus but apparently refused because he thought the settlement was aided by Iolaos Herakels so the task becomes invalid and the number of tasks still remain nine Herakels.

Heracles later use poisoned arrows to kill Nessos Hidra, who tried to rape a Kentaur Deianeira, wife of Heracles. Hidra toxic blood and then infect the blood which in turn participate Nessos poison the clothing that will be worn by Herakles and eventually kill the hero. Strabo and Pausanias reported that the stench of the river Anigros in Elis, which causes the fish there can not be eaten, thought to be caused by toxic blood from Hidra arrows used by Herakles to kill Nessos.