Typhon (Tiphoey, Typhaon), a monstrous giant with a hundred dragon heads. Typhon and the echidna and the entities they gave birth to Typhon Greek mythology
Typhon (Titon)- in ancient Greek mythology mighty giant born of Gaia and Tartarus. Is the personification of fire, sunlight and destructive forces. The name Typhon is usually reproduced from the verb “ smoke". But according to another version of the myth, his name is translated as "noon"(world day), as well as “ Beginning of the End(world) of the day". According to legend, Hera gave Typhon to be raised Python who guarded the ancient sanctuary of the gods in Delphi, later killed by Apollo. Typhon is considered father mythical monsters Horta, Kerbera, dragon, Sphinx and Chimera, which also threatened the existence of the entire human race. In Egypt, Typhon was identified with Set and the god of cruel winds Sirocco... As a consequence, it is believed that from the English version of the name Typhon, the word "typhoon" was formed.
Homer's Iliad mentions the struggle of Typhon with Zeus and the stay of Typhon under Mount Arima in Asia Minor. Typhon was depicted in the form of a man, and below the belt, in the form of wriggling , intertwined rings of snakes.
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Above the waist, he had a human torso, feathery... He was always portrayed bearded and hairy because he was hairy star symbol» (comets)... His eyes cast an all-consuming fire. Typhon surpassed all in height and strength, and had on the back of his head one hundred dragon heads... Typhon was higher than all the mountains, his head touched the stars, and when he stretched out his arms, he touched the east with one hand and the west with the other. This is how giant comets were depicted in ancient mythology, when they appeared, occupying the entire earthly firmament.
His voice is the voice of the gods, a terrible roar that echoes terribly in the mountains. Typhon was so powerful that became the ruler over gods and mortals, and all the gods in fear fled from him... Legend says that while running through Egypt, the gods took the form of animals so that Typhon would not notice them. Apollo became a kite, Hermes became an ibis, Ares became a fish, Dionysus became a goat, Hephaestus became a bull. ... And only Zeus did not run away from him and dared to fight him.
From the confrontation between Zeus and Typhon, the earth shook to its very foundations, land, sea and sky caught fire, and even the inhabitants of the underground kingdom of the dead trembled. In the end, a terrible lightning strike stopped the rampage of Typhon, and Typhon was thrown by Zeus into Tartarus, but for a long time a furious flame was beating from the crevices of the mountain. Etna. This is what an ancient Greek legend says.
But Typhon also has a number of geographical interpretations. The habitat of Tifo-na considered Aeolian islands and island of sicily, and Mount Kasiy in Syria. In another geographical interpretation, Typhon was the leader of the giants. in Phrygia... Typhon struck by lightning formed the bed of the Orontes River... According to another myth, Typhon was a son or husband. Eos, and the father of Memnon and Phaethon. All this enables us to rationally understand the myth. Indeed, in this case, myths and legends give us the geographical reference points of the areas most affected by space explosions.
Typhon- this is the most terrible comet in the solar system. Later, among the Greek tribes, it became known as Phaeton, and the Sumerians and Babylonians called her Nemesis... In ancient Egypt it was called a comet. Hyksos(lit. "king-shepherd"), in the Bible she is called Apollyon(lit. "g-beater"). But even in the modern scientific world, scientists and authors never thought to connect these concepts together, and still mislead readers, imposing on them the opinion that these are different cosmic bodies.
 Typhon. Medieval engraving
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And that's why, so as not to be misled their readers, I first introduced a single term for this comet - "comet - retribution." And about the rest, less well-known national names, I will talk in the course of the story, as applied to each case, calling more and more names of this comet, the most terrible for human civilizations. After all, global cosmic cataclysms, the cause of which was the "retaliation comet", more than once put humanity on the brink of complete destruction, as a result of which the biblical story begins with Adam and Eve.
According to legend, during Noah's flood Typhon, crossing the Aegean Sea, scattered the Cycladic arch-pelagus, whose islands were previously compact.
Typhon's fiery breath reached Fera Island (aka Santorini) and destroyed the western part of the island , and the rest, most of the island of Fera, literally burned down... As a result, the island took the form half a month. And to this day, the crescent moon is the symbol of the day "Pesach" (the symbol of the day of the cosmic disaster), but other than that, crescent also has an astral interpretation, which I will describe in the appropriate place. The giant shafts of water raised by Typhon reached the island of Crete and destroyed the richest kingdom of Minos. Zeus single-handedly tried to resist Typhon, and their terrible battle moved from Greece to Syria, where, when Typhon fell furrowed the whole earth with his giant torso... According to legend, later, these giant ditches were filled with water and became rivers. And for the umpteenth time (see in art. Olyan-taitambo, Tunguska catastrophe, etc.), I am forced to talk about "dry rivers" and giant "dry furrows" that remain at the site of cosmic catastrophes, as a trace of the impact of a powerful ballistic wave from the falling celestial body. Legend says that Zeus pushed Typhon north and threw to the Ionian Sea, near the Italian coast ...
And later, when telling about the events of the Cretan catastrophe that occurred in the middle of the second millennium BC, I will tell in detail about the numerous cosmic manifestations of this terrible cosmic catastrophe, the most significant geographical locations of which have recorded for us numerous myths and legends. We will continue the mythological review of information related to the "retaliation comet" with a story about Phaeton, because the ancient Greek legend about Phaeton most fully tells about the events of Noah's flood, the cause of which was the "retribution comet".
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1. Hundred-headed monster in ancient Greek mythology.
2. A device on lighthouses and ships for giving sound signals during fog.
3. Siren of the lighthouse.
4. A device for generating a loud tone audible signal on vehicles, powered by compressed air.
5. The serpent on which Zeus piled Mount Etna in Sicily.
Typhon
In Greek. myth. monsters. son of the land of Gaia and Tartarus. T. - wild, chthonic. teratomorphic creature: it has a hundred dragon heads, part of the body to the thighs instead of legs at T. - wriggling. snake rings. The body is covered with feathers. He is bearded and hairy. Each of T.'s throats emits wild voices of bulls, lions, and dogs. T. could have become the ruler of the world if Zeus had not entered into a struggle with him: he incinerated T. with lightning, struck him with peruns and threw him into tartare. T. and Echidna gave birth to many. monsters (Orff's dog, Cerberus the dog, Lernean hydra, chimera).
Ancient world. Encyclopedic Dictionary in 2 volumes. - M .: Tsentrpoligraf... V. D. Gladky. 1998.
<...>m. Greek. whirlwind, circular, cruel wind, column storm, wind turbulence; kicking up dust, earth, water in a column, he turns into a tornado and destroys everything on his way.
Typhon in ancient Greek mythology, a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster; Zeus, defeating T., piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which T.'s breath erupts in a stream of fire, stones and smoke.
water tornado (see), appearing in the east. coast of Asia, predominantly. in the China Sea.
(Source: "Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language". Pavlenkov F., 1907)
(from the Chinese word tai - big and fen, fyn - wind). Strong cyclonic storms in the China and Japan seas, from May to mid-November.
(Source: "Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language". Chudinov A.N., 1910)
water whirlwind, or tornado, often raging in the Indian Ocean and the Chinese Sea.
(Source: "Complete dictionary of foreign words that have come into use in the Russian language." Popov M., 1907)
(Greek. typhon, Chinese.
Typhon `A guide to Ancient Greece, Rome and mythology`
A hundred-headed monster, the son of Tartarus and Gaia, according to Hesiod, and, according to some versions, the father of Chimera and Hydra. He was struck by Zeus lightning and buried under Mount Etna, the eruptions of which were traditionally explained by Typhon's attempts to free himself.
TYPHON, in Greek mythology, a monstrous serpent. Zeus, having defeated Typhon, piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which the breath> Typhon erupts in a stream of fire, stones and smoke.
TYPHON - in Greek mythology, a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster; Zeus, having defeated Typhon, piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which Typhon's breath erupts in a stream of fire, stones and smoke.
Typhon in Greek mythology, the son of Laomedon, the consort of Eos; the latter kidnapped him because of his extraordinary beauty and asked Zeus for immortality for him, but forgot at the same time to ask for eternal youth, as a result of which T. gradually wrinkled so that he could no longer move; only his voice was heard, like the voice of a cicada, into which, according to a later legend, he was turned.
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Typhōeus, Typhon,
Τυφωεύς, Τυφώς, Τυφάων, Τυφω̃ν, a terrible monster of primitive times, taken for the personification of a disastrous, burning whirlwind or raging ball, with destructive force escaping from the bowels of the earth through volcanoes. According to Homer ( Il. 2, 781), T. lies in the land of the Arim under the ground, tormented by the lightning of Zeus. Hesiod considers him the youngest son of Gaia and Tartarus, a monster with 100 serpentine heads, sparkling eyes and a terrible voice. He was the father of destructive winds and produced with the serpent-maiden Echidna, who lived in the land of the Arim, the dog Orfr, ...
(Egypt.) Aspect or shadow of Osiris. is not, as Plutarch claims, a separate "Principle of Evil" or the Satan of the Jews; but, rather, the lower cosmic "principles" of the divine body of Osiris, the god in them - so that Osiris is a personified Universe in the form of a thought basis, but - the same Universe in its material manifestation. These two in one are the essence of Vishnu-Shiva. The true meaning of this Egyptian myth is that there is an earthly and material shell of Osiris, which is the spirit dwelling in it. In ch. 42 "Ritual" ("Book of the Dead") is described as "Set, formerly called Thoth." The orientalists got completely confused when they discovered that in some papyri they refer to u-Set as "a great and good god", and in others - as the embodiment of evil. But isn't Shiva, one of the Hindu Trimurti, described in some places ...
m. A hundred-headed fire-breathing monster (in ancient Greek mythology).
typhon
typhoon, wind turbine, monster, tornado, hurricane, installation
In Greek mythology, a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster: Zeus, defeating T., piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which T.'s breath erupts in a stream of fire, stones and smoke.
typhon typhon"whirlwind", see typhoon. Etymological dictionary of the Russian language. - M .: Progress M.R.Fasmer 1964-1973
Typhon
TIFON a, m. typhon m. outdated Typhoon, tornado. Typhon, a gusty hurricane in the Indian Sea. Korenblit 1934 3 2188. What I took yesterday and described to my wife for a cloud of a special type and quality was a real thrombus (according to naval officers), typhon. Vyazem. Old. app. book // PSS 9 89. Tornadoes or typhons, the essence of huge water columns that look like an hourglass. OZ 1848 11 6 43. Only before, in the China Sea, typhoons, ie typhons, amuse us, so they love to break the topmills, and sometimes the masts. 1855. Goncharov to his relatives. // LN 22-24 384. Thunderclaps merged into one continuous deafening crack. Typhon was formed, having the form of two cones merged with tops, and went almost towards us expanding in the neck as ...
Typhon in Greek mythology, a hundred-headed, fire-breathing monster; Zeus, having defeated Typhon, piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which Typhon's breath erupts in a stream of fire, stones and smoke.
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1) (Typhon, Τυφω̃ν). A monster, the personification of a hot, destructive whirlwind; from him Echidna gave birth to Cerberus and the Lernaean hydra. Typhon fought with Zeus for the possession of the world and was overthrown by the lightning of Zeus in Tartarus, under Mount Etna.
2) (Tithonus, Τίθονος). Son of Laomedont and brother of Priam. The goddess of the morning dawn, Eos, fell in love with him, and gave him immortality, but without eternal youth. Therefore, when he became a decrepit old man, immortality became a heavy burden for him. Then Eos turned him into a filly insect. (
Typhon
Typhon- a powerful monster spawned by Gaia; the personification of the fiery forces of the earth and its vapors, with their destructive actions.
According to one version of the myth, Typhon was born by Gaia and Tartarus, according to another, he was born by the goddess Hera, hitting the ground with her hand. She did this in revenge on Zeus, who himself gave birth to Athena. Typhon was raised by Python - a huge serpent, born of the goddess of the earth Gaia. Typhon is represented in legends as a creature with a hundred dragon heads, a human-like body, covered with plumage, instead of legs, the monster had snake rings. Some sources report that Typhon's heads are similar to human heads, but he can reproduce the cries of animals.
The Iliad mentions the struggle of Typhon with Zeus and his stay in the subterranean depths, in the land of the Arim or under Mount Arima (in Asia Minor); later, when the Greeks became aware of the volcanic properties of the Kuma coast in Italy, the Aeolian Islands and Sicily, the monstrous giant Typhon was transferred to these areas.
Typhon and the Echidna gave birth to many terrible creatures: the Chimera, the Lernean hydra, the dogs of Orff and Cerberus. This creature, born of chaos, carried a tremendous destructive force. From his name came the word "typhoon." Typhon, crossing the Aegean Sea, scattered the islands of the Cyclades, previously located closely. The fiery breath of the monster reached the island of Fer and destroyed its entire western half, and turned the rest into a scorched desert. The island has since taken on the shape of a crescent moon. Giant waves raised by Typhon rolled to the island of Crete and destroyed the kingdom of Minos.
The Olympian gods, frightened by the monster, fled from their abode. Zeus alone, the bravest of the young gods, decided to fight Typhon. The fight lasted a long time, in the heat of the battle the opponents were transferred from Greece to Syria. Here Typhon plowed the ground with his gigantic body, later these traces of the battle were filled with water and became rivers. Zeus pushed Typhon north and threw him into the Ionian Sea, near the Italic coast. The Thunderer incinerated the monster with lightning and threw it into Tartarus.
According to another legend, Typhon first defeated Zeus. He entangled the god with his legs like serpentine rings, cut and stretched all the tendons. Then Typhon threw Zeus into the Korikian cave in Cilicia and put the dragon Dolphin to guard him. Zeus was imprisoned until Hermes and Aegipanus stole the sinews of God from Typhon and returned them to the Thunderer. Then the enraged god again attacked the monster, and the battle continued.
Zeus was helped by the moira, advising Typhon to eat the fruits of the poisonous ephemeral in order to increase his strength. Following this advice, Typhon completely lost his strength, and Zeus filled the monster with a huge block. At this place, Mount Etna was formed. Legends say that sometimes Typhon, remembering his defeat, spews smoke and flames from the mouth of the volcano. Later Typhon was identified with the Egyptian Set, the god of Cirocco, death, devastation, solar and lunar eclipses and other misfortunes.
TIFON
In Greek mythology, the monstrous son of the land of Gaia and Tartarus (He. Theog. 820-822; Apollod. I 6, 3). According to another version, Typhon was born a Hero, who hit her hand on the ground when she decided, in revenge on Zeus, who gave birth to Athena, to also independently produce offspring. Hera gave Typhon for education to Python, who was then killed by Apollo (Hymn. Nom. II 12T-177). Typhon is a wild, chthonic teratomorphic creature: he has a hundred dragon heads, part of the body up to the hips is human. Below the hips, instead of legs, Typhon has writhing rings of snakes. The body is covered with feathers. He is bearded and hairy (Apollod. I 6, 3). Each of Typhon's throats emits wild voices of bulls, lions, dogs (Nes. Theog. 829-835). Typhon could have become the ruler of the world if Zeus had not entered into a struggle with him: he incinerated Typhon with lightning, struck him with Peruns and threw him into tartarus (837-868). According to another version of the myth, victory was given to Zeus with great difficulty: Typhon enveloped Zeus with rings of snakes, cut his tendons, locked him in the Korikian cave in Cilicia, where Zeus was guarded by the dragon Dolphina. But Hermes and Egilan stole the tendons of Zeus hidden in the cave, inserted them into him, and he, having regained strength, began to pursue Typhon. The Moiraes deceived Typhon, convincing him to taste the so-called. one-day fruits (poisonous plant "one-day"), ostensibly to increase strength (Apollod. I 6, 3). Zeus piled on Typhon the huge Mount Etna in Sicily, and from there Typhon spews out flame (Aeshyl. Prom. 365-372). Typhon and Echidna gave birth to many monsters (Orff's dog, Cerberus the dog, Lernean hydra, Chimera, Hes. Theog. 306-325). Typhon belongs to the offensive forces of the earth, his fate, like other monsters, is a foregone conclusion in the struggle of the Olympians with chthonism.
Characters and cult objects of Greek mythology. 2012
See also interpretations, synonyms, meanings of the word and what TIFON is in Russian in dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books:
- TIFON in the Dictionary of the Index of Theosophical Concepts to the Secret Doctrine, Theosophical Dictionary:
(Egypt.) Aspect or shadow of Osiris. Typhon is not, as Plutarch claims, a separate "Principle of Evil" or the Satan of the Jews; but rather lower ... - TIFON in the Dictionary-reference book Myths of Ancient Greece:
- a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster; Zeus Zeus, having defeated Typhon, piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which Typhon's breath erupts in a stream ... - TIFON in the Brief Dictionary of Mythology and Antiquities:
Ipi Tifey 1) (Typhon, ??????). A monster, the personification of a hot, destructive whirlwind; from him Echidna gave birth to Cerberus and the Lernaean hydra. Typhon fought ... - TIFON in the Reference Dictionary Who's Who in the Ancient World:
A hundred-headed monster, the son of Tartarus and Gaia, according to Hesiod, and according to some versions, the father of Chimera and Hydra. He was defeated by Zeus ... - TIFON in the Literary Encyclopedia:
(fr. Typhon;) - the hero of the travesty poem by P. Scarron "Typhon, or Gi-gantomachia" (1644). In Greek cosmogony T. is the youngest son of Gaia and Tartarus, chthonic ... - TIFON in the Big Encyclopedic Dictionary:
in Greek mythology, a hundred-headed, fire-breathing monster; Zeus, having defeated Typhon, piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which Typhon's breath ... - TIFON in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, TSB:
in ancient Greek mythology, a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster; Zeus, defeating T., piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which T.'s breath ... - TIFON in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Euphron:
or Tifoei (Tujvn, TujweuV) - a powerful giant, the personification of the fiery forces of the earth and its vapors, with their destructive actions (name T. ... - TIFON in the Modern Encyclopedic Dictionary:
- TIFON
in Greek mythology, a monstrous serpent. Zeus, having defeated Typhon, piled on him the bulk of Mount Etna, from the top of which Typhon's breath erupts ... - TIFON in the Encyclopedic Dictionary:
a, m. 1. anim., with a capital letter. In ancient Greek mythology: a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster. 2. mor. Arrangement on lighthouses and ships ... - TIFON in the Big Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary:
TIFON, in Greek. mythology a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster; Zeus, having defeated T., piled on him the bulk of Etna, from the top a cut of T.'s breath ... - TIFON in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedia:
? in Greek mythology, the son of Laomedon, the consort of Eos; the latter kidnapped him because of his extraordinary beauty and asked Zeus for ... - TIFON in the New Dictionary of Foreign Words:
(gr. typhon) 1) in ancient Greek mythology - a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster; so he was defeated by Zeus, who piled a bulk on him ... - TIFON in the Dictionary of Foreign Expressions:
[gr. typhon] 1. in ancient Greek mythology - a hundred-headed fire-breathing monster; so he was defeated by Zeus, who piled the bulk of the mountain on him ... - TIFON in the dictionary of Synonyms of the Russian language:
typhoon, installation, ... - TIFON
m. A hundred-headed fire-breathing monster (in ancient Greek ... - TIFON in the New Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language by Efremova:
m. 1) A device on lighthouses and ships for giving sound signals during fog. 2) transfer. outdated. Tornado, ... - TIFON in the Dictionary of the Russian language Lopatin:
Typh`on, -a ... - TIFON in the Complete Spelling Dictionary of the Russian Language:
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Typhon (Tiphoey, Typhaon), Greek - a giant with a hundred dragon heads and with the voice of a man, a dog and a bull.
Ancient artists depicted Typhon less often than other monsters, while they solved the technical difficulties that arise by reducing the number of heads. On vases and figurines, he sometimes looks completely single-headed, but with wings. Sometimes Typhon is considered a three-headed demon from the pediment of the archaic temple of Athena on the Acropolis (c. 570 BC). The terracotta "Typhon of Capua" also dates back to about the same time. "Typhon's Tomb" in Etruscan Tarquinia (c. 80 BC) got its name from the image of Typhon on the frescoes of the tomb.
In the illustration: "Typhon and Zeus", painting of an amphora, 550 BC
The name Typhon means, in fact, "whirlwind", "tornado". From the English form of this Greek word comes the word "typhoon", which has taken root in many languages (actually, complete nonsense performed by a Czech journalist: in fact, "typhoon" comes from the Chinese "typhoon" - "strong wind").
On the screen: Typhon with "security" in the computer game Titan Quest.
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