Hydra
The hydra is a Greek monster that's hard to defeat. It starts with three heads, can spit acid, and is absolutely huge! In most stories a hero's first encounter with a Hydra would go something like this.
Hero: Hey Hydra
Hello Hero: Hydra
Hero: Your head would look
big as a trophy.
I spit acid too: Hydra
Hero: I'm going to kill you
now and take your head for
a trophy.
I'd like to see you try: Hydra
Hero: Ok.
( hero runs toward Hydra
and cuts of one of Hydra's
three heads)
( Hydra grows two heads to
replace the one and now has
four heads)
Hero: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
( Hydra picks up hero with one
head and other heads tear him
apart)
Yumm: Hydra
Hydras don't like fire, so that's generally how you defeat them. Of coarse you could always just grab the head of Medusa and turn the hydra to stone. Now close your eyes because that's who we are talking about next. Lets go meet Medusa.
Hero: Hey Hydra
Hello Hero: Hydra
Hero: Your head would look
big as a trophy.
I spit acid too: Hydra
Hero: I'm going to kill you
now and take your head for
a trophy.
I'd like to see you try: Hydra
Hero: Ok.
( hero runs toward Hydra
and cuts of one of Hydra's
three heads)
( Hydra grows two heads to
replace the one and now has
four heads)
Hero: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
( Hydra picks up hero with one
head and other heads tear him
apart)
Yumm: Hydra
Hydras don't like fire, so that's generally how you defeat them. Of coarse you could always just grab the head of Medusa and turn the hydra to stone. Now close your eyes because that's who we are talking about next. Lets go meet Medusa.
Medusa
Medusa looks humanoid except for she is covered in scales. Also, she has venomous snakes for hair. Now There are tons and I mean TONS of versions of this myth so don't go all in my face and telling me that I'm wrong. I'm going to tell you the version that makes the most sense to me. Now the god Poseidon saw Medusa on day and fell in love with her. At this time Medusa was still a lovely maiden. Now if you know anything about the Greek gods, you should know that Poseidon and Athena had a long list of hatred. Poseidon, seeing this the perfect way to embarrass Athena, did something terrible. Poseidon took Medusa to Athena's temple, and made love. "Is this a good Idea" Medusa probably asked Poseidon. "Oh don't worry nothing will happen" Poseidon probably replied. Right on cue Athena spotted the to love birds and threw a fit worthy of a goddess. She came down from Olympus. Poseidon ran away and left Medusa in the temple, but it was to late. Because Poseidon was a god, Athena couldn't exactly curse him. However, poor Medusa was mortal. Athena, noticing that Medusa was very pretty, decided to make that her curse. Athena cursed Medusa so that her body would be covered in snake scales. Medusa's hair was beautiful, so Athena turned Medusa's golden hair into venomous snakes. Medusa's eye's remained beautiful, but anyone who looked upon them would be turned to stone. In Athena's cruelty, she also turned Medusa's two sisters into monsters too. together they became the Gorgons.