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'''Ekidne''' is a female [[New Olympians|New Olympian]].  
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'''Ekidna''' is a female [[New Olympian]].  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Ekidna is particularly suspicious of, and ill-disposed towards [[humans]]. ''("[[The New Olympians]]")'' {{CIT|After [[New Olympus]] makes contact with the outside world, she will be the leader of an isolationist faction that wants nothing to do with the humans. Another member of it, although a reluctant one, will be her daughter [[Medusa]].}}
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Ekidna is particularly suspicious of, and ill-disposed towards [[human]]s. ''("[[The New Olympians]]")'' {{CIT|After [[New Olympus]] makes contact with the outside world, she will be the leader of an isolationist faction that wants nothing to do with the humans. Members include her daughter [[Medusa]] (although reluctantly), [[Kiron]], as well as most members of [[Sphinx (New Olympian)|Sphinx]]'s family.}} [http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=1992][http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=2089]
  
 
==Characteristics==
 
==Characteristics==
 
Ekidna looks something like a hag (though with reptilian features) from the waist up, and like a giant rattlesnake from the waist down.
 
Ekidna looks something like a hag (though with reptilian features) from the waist up, and like a giant rattlesnake from the waist down.
  
==Real World History==
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==Appearances==
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* "[[The New Olympians]]" (First Appearance)
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==Real World Background==
 
Ekidna is named after Echidna, the mate of the monstrous giant Typhon in Greek mythology. Echidna looked like a beautiful human woman from the waist up, but like a snake from the waist down. She was the mother by Typhon of many of the monsters of Greek myth, including the Nemean Lion, the Lernean Hydra, the Sphinx, Cerberus, and the Chimera. She was finally slain by Argus, a hundred-eyed giant.
 
Ekidna is named after Echidna, the mate of the monstrous giant Typhon in Greek mythology. Echidna looked like a beautiful human woman from the waist up, but like a snake from the waist down. She was the mother by Typhon of many of the monsters of Greek myth, including the Nemean Lion, the Lernean Hydra, the Sphinx, Cerberus, and the Chimera. She was finally slain by Argus, a hundred-eyed giant.
  
 
Echidna was one of the Drakainai of Greek Mythology, which were all nymphs with snake bodies instead of legs.
 
Echidna was one of the Drakainai of Greek Mythology, which were all nymphs with snake bodies instead of legs.
 
==Appearances==
 
* "[[The New Olympians]]" (First Appearance)
 
  
 
==Production Background==
 
==Production Background==
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[[Category:Canon characters]]
 
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[[Category:Characters voiced by Charity James]]

Revision as of 18:51, 17 December 2021

Ekidna

Ekidna is a female New Olympian.

History

Ekidna is particularly suspicious of, and ill-disposed towards humans. ("The New Olympians") After New Olympus makes contact with the outside world, she will be the leader of an isolationist faction that wants nothing to do with the humans. Members include her daughter Medusa (although reluctantly), Kiron, as well as most members of Sphinx's family. [1][2]

Characteristics

Ekidna looks something like a hag (though with reptilian features) from the waist up, and like a giant rattlesnake from the waist down.

Appearances

Real World Background

Ekidna is named after Echidna, the mate of the monstrous giant Typhon in Greek mythology. Echidna looked like a beautiful human woman from the waist up, but like a snake from the waist down. She was the mother by Typhon of many of the monsters of Greek myth, including the Nemean Lion, the Lernean Hydra, the Sphinx, Cerberus, and the Chimera. She was finally slain by Argus, a hundred-eyed giant.

Echidna was one of the Drakainai of Greek Mythology, which were all nymphs with snake bodies instead of legs.

Production Background

Voice Actor: Charity James