When Heracles returned triumphant, King Eurystheus refused to acknowledge slaying the Hydra as a completed labor because Heracles had received assistance from Iolaus. Heracles then proceeded back to the body to dip his arrows in the Hydra's poisonous and acidic blood. There were many reasons to fear the Lernaean. A serpentine, water monster that was gigantic in size and savage by nature. Heracles then buried the still writhing head next to the side of the road and lifted a giant stone and placed it where the head lay. A fearsome and formidable one, to be exact A monster that found home in the wetlands of Lerna guarding the gates of the deep pit and contaminating the otherwise pure waters while at it. He then received a magical golden sword from Athena so he could cut off the immortal head. Heracles however dispatched the crab with one mighty stomp and he and Iolaus continued the routine until only the one immortal head which could not be cut off remained. Lernean Hydra CR 21Unknown Gendered Teratoid 5-Headed HydraTrue Neutral Titanic Magical BeastInit +9, Senses Listen +16 Spot +16 Darkvision 60 ft. This is a hyrdra akin to the one you can find at the beginning of the videogame 'God of War'. When it looked like Heracles might win, Hera sent a giant crab Korkinos to try and distract Heracles by pinching his foot. The teratoid template from the Immortal's Handbook increases a creature's size category by three, with all that entails. 3 Both scholiasts concluded that the Hydra was a symbol of the swampy terrain around Lerna Heracles dried up the waters of the area and thus conquered the prodigy (monstrum). Heracles told Iolaus to burn the stumps where the head used to be with fire to cauterize it so it could not grow more heads when he cut its heads. The name of the Lernean creature, Hydra, is derived from the Greek word for water, an etymology not missed by the late fourth-century AD commentators Servius and Lactantius. A work from the collections of the de Young and Legion of Honor museums of San. Furthermore, Heracles could not figure out how to stop the Hydra from growing heads. Hercules Slaying the Lernaean Hydra by Circle of Antico 1530 or later. The Lernean Hydra is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in the U.S. Herakles was protected from the Hydra biting him by his new Nemean Lion Pelt however the fire heated the pelt and caused burns on Heracles. He approached the creature's massive pitchblack lair in Lerna, He then shot a flaming arrow into the darkness to draw the fearsome beast out for battle. On this task Heracles brought along his nephew Iolaus to help him. The monster grew two heads for each one that was cut off, it breathed fire, its teeth were dripping with venom and its blood was highly acidic. The Second of Herakles' Labors was to kill the multi-headed Lernean Hydra a creature nearly indestructible. Hello, If you see this Template on a page please remove it, It was only needed for a mass clean up!!
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