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What does Typhon mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ended in serpents and that he bears 100 heads. He is shrouded in giant wings, his eyes blaze a white fire, and his arms reach towards the stars.
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Osiris enters the chest, which is then closed by typhon and thrown into the Nile.
The last of the Titans, Typhon was the son of the earth and the underworld.
The Greeks later linked Set with Typhon because both were evil forces, storm deities, and sons of the Earth that attacked the main gods.
There can be little doubt but Enceladus and Typhon are only different names for the same monster.
One story about Pan is that he jumped in the river Nile to escape the sea monster Typhon.
One explanation of the fishtail with which the goat is often represented is found in the Greek myth of Pan, who, to avoid the monster Typhon, jumped into the water just as he was changing into animal shape.

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