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Old September 18th, 2006, 04:56 PM
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Nerfix said:But good sir, does Chelms have flying contraptions?
No. They do have Earth and Air magic, though.

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Endoperez said:*Mother of Monsters*
Someone has been watching too many Hercules re-runs
I wouldn't know. Are we are talking about the same Echidna here?

EDIT: I checked Google, and unfortunately, Ekhis is one of the first results in all searches. They even have a picture of her. That's a pity, because I'd have loved to leave someone wondering why I'm talking about small spiky proto-mammals.

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In the most ancient layers of Greek mythology Echidna (ekhis, meaning "she viper") was called the "Mother of All Monsters". Echidna was described by Hesiod (Theogony) as a female monster, who mothered with Typhon every major monster in the entire Greek mythos. Usually considered offspring of Uranus and Gaia, or sometimes Ceto. She had the face of a beautiful woman but the body of a serpent (see also Lamia). ...
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