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Charybdis
Charybdis is a monster from Greek Mythology. She is Partnered with Scylla, who sits apon the cliff next to her.No, Charybdis is not just a whirlpool. Unknown by many, there is actually a monster under the water. There is no description in any writing (that I have seen) of what she actually looks like.
--The whirlpool part of her, is when she opens her gaping mouth and sucks in. She swallows everything; water, passing ships, sea animals, everything.
--Then, she exhales and spits everything out. Everything flies everywhere.
Everything is timed surprisingly. These things happen at the same time every day.
Many heroes of Greek Legend traveled by here safely; and many died. But who hears the story of the hero who got eaten by Charybdis? No one.
If you would like to know a little more about Charybdis, then check out the actual writing of the poet, Homer. Click here to see Book 12 of the Odyssey!
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| StrawBerryFlutterBy | Charybdis | 3 | Jul 11 2012, 1:41 AM EDT by WolfsbaneLobo | ||
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Wasn't this creature indirectly mentioned in the Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan? In the second book when they go to that place to rescue grover. Or it might have been directly mentioned...
Anyhow, in the book it is said that people who are not aware of the mythical creatures or something, refers to it as the Burmuda Triangle. It's got to do with the weird disappearance of ships and planes and such in the midst of three rocky islands. Percy Jackson goes to the sea of monsters to rescue his friend, and also ends up saving or retrieving the legendary golden fleece. It is a very good series and I would recommend it to anyone who likes Greek mythology. :) |
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| Anonymous | Charybdis | 0 | Nov 24 2011, 3:17 PM EST by Anonymous | ||
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If you watch one of the movies about Homer's "The Odyssy" it shows the monsterous creature slightly. Totally worth it.
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| Anonymous | Half right | 0 | Dec 1 2010, 12:52 PM EST by Anonymous | ||
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In Greek mythology, Charybdis was a sea monster, once a beautiful naiad and the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia. She takes form as a huge bladder of a creature whose face was all mouth and whose arms and legs were flippers and who swallows huge amounts of water three times a day before belching them back out again, creating whirlpools. In some variations of the tale, Charybdis is just a large whirlpool rather than a sea monster. Charybdis was very loyal to her father in his endless feud with Zeus; it was she who rode the hungry tides after Poseidon had stirred up a storm, and led them onto the beaches, gobbling up whole villages, submerging fields, drowning forests, claiming them for the sea. She won so much land for her father's kingdom that Zeus became enraged and changed her into a monster.The myth has Charybdis lying on one side of a blue, narrow channel of water. On the other side of the strait was Scylla, another sea-monster. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other, so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis will pass too close to Scylla and vice versa. The phrase "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being in a state where one is between two dangers and moving away from one will cause you to come closer to the other.
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