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Hecatoncheires
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"100-handed"; Briareus, Kottos, Gyes; 3 giant brothers, gods of hurricanes and violent storms. Ouranos locked them in Tartarus, Zeus freed them to use them in the Titanomachy
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Origin: Gaia and Ouranos
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Typhoeus
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Monstrous immortal storm god (winged, viper coils for legs); defeated by Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus
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Origin: Tartarus and Gaia
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Chimera
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lion's body, goat's head on its back, serpent's tail; defeated by Bellerophon;
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Origin: Typhoeus and Echidna
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Fates/Moirai/Parcae
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Three divinities who personify the fates of man; Klotho, Lachesis, Atropos; they spin wool and cut threads representing men's lives
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Origin: Night (Nyx) or Zeus and Themis
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Furies/Erinyes
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Underworld goddesses who avenge crimes against the natural order (e.g. Orestes for matricide); they cause madness; also servants of Hades and Persephone
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Origin: Gaia + Blood of Ouranos (castration)
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