Echidna is known as the Mother of All Monsters. With her husband, the giant Typhon, she gave birth to such creatures as the Hydra, She-Demon, Stymphalian Bird, and Obie. Though her children are born "good" if they are to taste blood they become wild and "evil." The goddess Hera often exploits this, turning Echidna's 3 eldest children into monsters which she sends to attack Hercules Once, grief-stricken at the deaths of her children and bent on revenge, Echidna hired Demetrius lure Hercules into a trap. Demetrius faked a loving relationship with Alcmene and then kidnapped her and brought her to Echidna. Hercules followed and was able to defeat Demetrius and rescue Alcmene. At his mother's request, Hercules spared Echidna's life. The hero sealed her in a cave With help from Hera, Maceus and