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 | | Finally, and for our constellation, most importantly, she is the mother of the Lernaean Hydra, the Hydra of Lerna, who, by the time of the Greeks, had become of monstrous multi-headed monster whom Heracles (Hercules) killed. |
| | One also finds that she is the mother of Cerberus (see "Dog"), who is the hound of Hades, the hound of Hel (the goddess Hel); and she is the mother of the Nemean lion, also a holy animal of the Goddess(es). |
| | The fact that the constellation takes up such a long part of the sky, made up of stars which could be used in other constellations, should be indicative that this was an important constellation. |
| langlab.uta.edu /German/lana.rings/skygoddess/hydra.htm (2705 words) |
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