In Greek mythology, Campe or Kampê (Greek: Κάμπη}} "crooked"; confer καμπή "a twist, a bend") is the name of a chthonic female monster (drakaina).
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| - In Greek mythology, Campe or Kampê (Greek: Κάμπη}} "crooked"; confer καμπή "a twist, a bend") is the name of a chthonic female monster (drakaina).
- Campe is a Drakaina from greek mythology, often rendered as a "" in contemporary western sources. However, she has very little in common anatomically with the modern western concept of a dragon - she exhibits hybrid features of human female (common in female "dragons" of greek mythology), serpent and/or scorpion, and numerous other beasts, also a staple of greek mythology, including a pair of wings. In the original myth, she was tasked by Cronos to guard the Hecatoncheires and Cyclopes in Tartaros. According to wikipedia, historians have on occasion assumed that Campe is an import of the mesopotamian Tiamat, however the same wikipedia also says the latter's identification with anything serpentine or dragonoid is debated - however, to call Campe dragonoid would limit her nature - she is per
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| - In Greek mythology, Campe or Kampê (Greek: Κάμπη}} "crooked"; confer καμπή "a twist, a bend") is the name of a chthonic female monster (drakaina).
- Campe is a Drakaina from greek mythology, often rendered as a "" in contemporary western sources. However, she has very little in common anatomically with the modern western concept of a dragon - she exhibits hybrid features of human female (common in female "dragons" of greek mythology), serpent and/or scorpion, and numerous other beasts, also a staple of greek mythology, including a pair of wings. In the original myth, she was tasked by Cronos to guard the Hecatoncheires and Cyclopes in Tartaros. According to wikipedia, historians have on occasion assumed that Campe is an import of the mesopotamian Tiamat, however the same wikipedia also says the latter's identification with anything serpentine or dragonoid is debated - however, to call Campe dragonoid would limit her nature - she is perhaps partially serpentine (the then common depiction of a dragon), but includes many other beasts, so her serpentine-ness is not her only monster-like feature. It is also sometimes claimed she is identical to Echidna.
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