Ehidna

Ehidna
Ehidna. Skulptura Pirra Ligoria 1555, Parco dei Mostri (Park čudovišta), Lazio, Italija
Roditelji	Fork i Keta ili Hrisaor i Kaliroja ili Stiks i Pejra ili Tartar i Geje
Mitologija	Grčka mitologija

Ehidna (starogrčki: Ἔχιδνα , "zmija") u grčkoj mitologiji bila je čudovište, polu-žena, polu-zmija, koja je živjela sama u pećini. Bila je partnerka strašnog čudovišta Tifona i majka mnogih najpoznatijih čudovišta iz grčkih mitova.

Genealogija

Ehidnino porodično stablo varira u zavisnosti od autora. Najstarija genealogija koja se odnosi na Ehidnu, Hesiodova Teogonija (oko 8. – 7. vijeka p. n. e), nejasna je u nekoliko tačaka. Prema Hesiodu, Ehidna je rođena od "žene" koju je Hesiod vjerovatno smatrao boginjom mora Keta, što Ehidninog vjerovatnog oca čini bogom mora Forkom; međutim, "ona" bi se umjesto toga mogla odnositi na Okeanidu Kaliroju, što bi Meduzinog potomka Hrisaora učinilo Ehidninim ocem. Mitograf Ferekid iz Atine (5. vijek p. n. e) navodi Ehidnu kao kćerku Forka, bez imenovanja majke.

Drugi autori navode Ehidni druge roditelje. Prema geografu Pauzaniji (2. vijek n. e), Epimenid (7. ili 6. vijek p. n. e.)navodio je Ehidnu kao kćerku Okeanide Stiks (boginje rijeke Stiks) i nekog Pejra (inače nepoznatog Pauzaniji), dok je prema mitografu Apolodoru (1. ili 2. vijek n. e), Ehidna bila kćerka Tartara i Geje. U jednom izvještaju, iz orfičke tradicije, Ehidna je bila kćerka Fana (orfičkog oca svih bogova).

Opis

Hesiodova Ehidna bila je pola prelijepa djevojka, a pola strašna zmija. Hesiod je opisao "božicu žestoku Ehidnu" kao "neodoljivo čudovište" koje jede meso, a nije bila ni nalik "smrtnicima" ni "vječnim bogovima", već je bila "pola nimfa sa sjajnim očima i lijepim obrazima, a pola ogromna zmija, velika i strašna, sa pjegavom kožom", koja "ne umire niti stari sve svoje dane". Hesiodova očigledna povezanost jedenja sirovog mesa sa Ehidninom zmijom sugeriše da je možda pretpostavio da Ehidnina zmijska polovina završava zmijskom glavom. Aristofan (kraj 5. vijeka p. n. e), koji je čini stanovnicom podzemlja, daje Ehidni stotinu glava (vjerovatno zmijskih glava), što odgovara stotinu zmijskih glava za koje Hesiod kaže da ih je imao njen partner Tifon.

U orfičkom izvještaju (spomenutom gore), Ehidna je opisana kao osoba s glavom prelijepe žene s dugom kosom i zmijskim tijelom od vrata nadolje. Non, u svom djelu Dionizijaci, opisuje Ehidnu kao "odvratnu" sa "strašnim otrovom".

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