Typhon

Philo, of Byblos

The Phoenician history

In their time there also lived Pontos, Typhon, and Nereus, father of Pontos and son of Belos.

Sicily, Italy

Mount Etna

Mount Etna is also associated with the myth of Typhon, a monstrous giant who challenged the Olympian gods.

After a fierce battle, Zeus defeated Typhon and imprisoned him beneath Mount Etna.

The volcanic activity was believed to be the result of Typhon’s thrashing and attempts to break free.

Greek Mythology
Paschal Beverlly Randolph

The first man Hephestus

From him proceeded Helius (Ra, another god) ; afterwards Agathodemon ; then, Kronos, (Seb, another god) ; then Osiris ; then came Typhon, the brother of Osiris ; then came Horus, the son of Osiris by Isis, his wife.

Aegyptiaca

The semi-mythical aspect of Manetho’s king list

Set (Typhon): The god of chaos, Set, ruled for 350 years.

Ignatius Donnelly

The antiquity of some of our great inventions

Egyptians referred to the loadstone as the bone of Haroeri and iron as the bone of Typhon, linking the elements to their deities and hinting at early knowledge of the magnet's properties.

Biblical

Seth

Seth was later equated with an ancient Egyptian deity, initially a giver of light and civilization but later associated with the adversary Typhon.

Mayas

The Red World

The summit of mountainous Thrace received the name “Haemus,” and Apollodorus related the tradition of the Thracians that the summit was so named because of the “stream of blood which gushed out on the mountain” when the heavenly battle was fought between Zeus and Typhon, and Typhon was struck by a thunderbolt.