Now, the Lernean Hydra, according to N.S Gill, author of the page http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/monsters/ss/Monsters_8.htm, at about.com, states that the Hydra was the monster that had many heads. One of the heads was impervious to weapons, the others sprouted 2 or more heads when cut off. This was the many headed monster that Hades made to fight against Hercules in the animation. It was the offspring of half woman/ serpent Echidna and 100 headed Typhon which lived in swamps. The breath, or the venom, of the hydra was lethal. It harmed and devoured the people and animals on the countryside. Hercules defeated this monster, in real stories not the animation, with the help of his friend 'cauterize each stump of the monster.' Hercules, finally leaving one head of the monster left, the impervious one, ripped the head off of the monster and buried it.
Photo from - http://theochem.chem.rug.nl/Gifs/hydra.jpg
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