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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_188784" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_188784" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63975" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63975" /> == | ||
<p> (Typhos, Typhoem, Typhoeus, and Typhaon), in Greek mythology, was a monster of remote antiquity, at one time thought to have been a destructive gale of wind, at another time represented as a giant of the earth, ejecting volcanic-flames. [[Homer]] places him in the country of Arim, buried in the earth, which [[Jupiter]] strikes with lightning. [[Hesiod]] represents Typhaon and Typhocus as two different and distinct beings. Typhaon is the son of Typhocus, a mighty wind, who with [[Echidna]] begets the dog Orthrus, [[Cerberus]] the Lernsean hydra, and Chimsera. Typhocus is the youngest son of [[Tartarus]] and Ga. with one hundred dragon-heads, frightfully sparkling eyes, and hideous voice. He attempted to gain sovereignty over gods and men, but Jupiter bound him with lightning, and he now lies under Etna. In [[Egyptian]] mythology [[Typhon]] is the Greek name for the evil spirit represented by the dog-star, originally the influence that brought to | <p> (Typhos, Typhoem, Typhoeus, and Typhaon), in Greek mythology, was a monster of remote antiquity, at one time thought to have been a destructive gale of wind, at another time represented as a giant of the earth, ejecting volcanic-flames. [[Homer]] places him in the country of Arim, buried in the earth, which [[Jupiter]] strikes with lightning. [[Hesiod]] represents Typhaon and Typhocus as two different and distinct beings. Typhaon is the son of Typhocus, a mighty wind, who with [[Echidna]] begets the dog Orthrus, [[Cerberus]] the Lernsean hydra, and Chimsera. Typhocus is the youngest son of [[Tartarus]] and Ga. with one hundred dragon-heads, frightfully sparkling eyes, and hideous voice. He attempted to gain sovereignty over gods and men, but Jupiter bound him with lightning, and he now lies under Etna. In [[Egyptian]] mythology [[Typhon]] is the Greek name for the evil spirit represented by the dog-star, originally the influence that brought to Egypt the blessing of a yearly overflow of the banks of the river Nile, without which the country could not flourish. When the worship of [[Isis]] and [[Osiris]] came into practice, the dog-star was designed to be the destroyer of the life of nature by heat and now Typhon became an evil god, whose names and titles upon monuments were destroyed, because he was believed to be the enemy and persecutor of Osiris (q.v.). Typhon owned [[Nephthys]] as his wife, who by him gave birth to Anubis. His real Egyptian name is stated differently as Set or Sutekh. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80809" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80809" /> == | ||
