This gigantic wolf is 6 miles long (10km) and is feared for his savage Nature and ferocious appetite, this terrifying, devouring wolf of Norse mythology grew so strong that ordinary chains couldn’t hold him. He was one of three children spawned by the trickster god Loki and a forbidding giantess. Fenrir grew so rapidly that even the powerful Norse gods, or Ӕsir, began to fear for their lives. Finally, the Ӕsir forged two heavy iron chains, and twice they challenged Fenrir to a test of strength and constrained him. But as soon as the chains were in place, Fenrir simply shrugged his great shoulders and broke his bonds with ease. He was finally constrained by a magical ribbon called Glepnir. Norse myth predicts Fenrir is destined to escape at…show more content… The Hydra stopped local farmers from reaching the fresh water they needed for their plains, and also emerged to attack the villages and their cattle. Its poisonous breath and toxic venom killed anyone who came near. The Hydra’s central head was immortal, and if one of the outer, mortal, heads was cut off, two more immediately grew in its place. Seemingly invincible, it was finally slain by Hercules.
After making its home under a plane tree at the source of the river Amymone in southern Greece, the Hydra roamed the treacherous swamps of Lerna.
Wearing his protective lion skin and holding his breath against lethal fumes, Hercules attacked. But as fast as he severed each mortal head, two new ones grew in its place. He was simply making the monster more powerful. So he told Lolaus to sear each bleeding neck-stump with a blazing torch – until finally only the huge immortal head remained. Crushing this with his club, he tore it, still hissing, from the Hydra’s body and buried it deep in the ground.
Body:
In some tales the Hydra looked like a huge water serpent, but in others it had the body of a dog.
