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Hydra (Deity, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/hydra

Preferred Label: Hydra (en), Hydre de Lerne (fr), Hidra de Lerna (es), Idra di Lerna (it), Hydra (de), Λερναία Ύδρα (el)Additional labels
Hydra (af), عدار (ar), Hidra (az), Лярнейская гідра (be), Лернейска хидра (bg), লের্নীয় হাইদ্রা (bn), Naer-zour Lerna (br), Lernejska Hidra (bs), Hidra de Lerna (ca), Idra di Lerna (co), Hydra (cs), Hydra (da), Hidro (eo), Lerna hüdra (et), Lernako hidra (eu), هیدرا (fa), Hydra (fi), Hiodra (ga), Hidra de Lerna (gl), Hydra (gv), הידרה (he), Lernejska Hidra (hr), lernéi Hüdra (hu), Լերնեյան հիդրա (hy), Hidra (id), ヒュドラー (ja), Hidra (jv), ჰიდრა (ka), Лерней гидрасы (kk), 히드라 (ko), Hydra (la), Hydra (lb), Lernos hidra (lt), Lernas hidra (lv), Лернејска хидра (mk), ലേർണിയൻ ഹൈഡ്ര (ml), Hydra Lerna (ms), Hydra (nb), Hydra van Lerna (nl), Hydra (nn), Hydra lernejska (pl), Hidra de Lerna (pt), Hidra (ro), Лернейская гидра (ru), Lernejska Hidra (sh), Hydra (sk), Lernejska Hidra (sl), Hidra (mitologji) (sq), Лернејска хидра (sr), Hydra (sv), லேர்னியன் ஐதரா (ta), ไฮดรา (th), Hidra (tr), Лернейська гідра (uk), Hydra (vi), 九头蛇 (zh)

en: The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna, more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes. Lerna was reputed to be an entrance to the Underworld, and archaeology has established it as a sacred site older than Mycenaean Argos. In the canonical Hydra myth, the monster is killed by Heracles (Hercules) as the second of his Twelve Labors.