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Typhoeus

The youngest child of Gaia (Earth) and Tartaros (Tartarus).

Typhoeus was a gigantic creature with a hundred snake-heads sprouting from his enormous shoulders; each snake-head had eyes that glittered with fire and each of the snake-heads could create sounds that were subtle or horrible, from an echoing whistle to the bellowing of bulls; Typhoeus was strong and willful enough to have ruled the other Immortals if Zeus had not perceived the threat he posed and attacked him with unchecked fury; after a fierce battle, Typhoeus was imprisoned under the earth; all ill-favored winds that plague human endeavors issue from Typhoeus.

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