A species of dragon similar to Drake but its distinguishing feature is having many heads. Every time a head is cut off, two more will grow back. Hydra species usually live in aquatic environments.
According to Greek mythology, Hydra is a dragon with 7 or 9 heads, the child of Echidna and Typhon. When you cut off its head, two new heads grow from the cut.
One of Hercules' 12 feats was to slay this dragon. Greek literature and poetry have mentioned the Hydra monster many times with versions, but it is best known as the monster that was slain by the hero Hercules. This Hydra monster is known as the "Hydra of Lerna" because it lives in a swamp in the Lernaean region of Greece.
According to legend, defeating the Hydra is impossible because cutting off one of its heads means that two more will grow in its place. To defeat this Hydra monster, the hero Hercules devised a way to burn the wounds of the heads that had just been cut off with fire so that new heads could not grow. Just like that, Hercules cut off the heads of the Hydra monster one by one. This is also one of the greatest feats of the hero Hercules. Hercules later used Hydra's blood-soaked arrows to frighten immortal gods such as Apollo and Poseidon.
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