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Description One of my favorite monsters... i like a lot this one when i read stories about her and his sister caribdis. was my favorite monster on castlevania SOTN together with Legion.

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In Greek mythology, Scylla (pronounced /ˈsɪlə/, sil-uh; Greek: Σκύλλα, Skulla) was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.

Scylla was a horrible sea monster with four eyes, six long necks equipped with grisly heads, each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth. Her body consisted of twelve tentacle-like legs and a cat's tail and with four to six dog-heads ringing her waist. She was one of the children of Phorcys and either Hecate, Crataeis, Lamia or Ceto (all of whom may be various names for the same goddess[citation needed]). Some sources, including Stesichorus, cite her parents as Triton and Lamia.

Traditionally the strait has been associated with the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, but more recently this theory has been challenged, and the alternative location of Cape Skilla in northwest Greece has been suggested by Tim Severin.

The phrase "between Scylla and Charybdis" (popularly reworded "between a rock and a hard place") has come to mean being in a state where one is between two dangers and moving away from one will cause you to be in danger from the other.
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MetalBrony823 [2021-06-26 22:45:45 +0000 UTC]

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Ex-combustis [2019-11-29 00:11:47 +0000 UTC]

SCYLLAS uppper body of a woman is hot as fire

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Cerberusx32 [2019-01-20 05:38:13 +0000 UTC]

Saw this, while scrolling and had to save it.

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PG1224 [2018-04-15 11:39:58 +0000 UTC]

Scylla: How dare you call me a man!

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PG1224 [2017-05-14 19:25:21 +0000 UTC]

You mean HER sister

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Minotaur5555 [2017-04-18 16:22:40 +0000 UTC]

The theory is being challenged?? What? Of course, Anglo's want to take everything away from Italian culture and history and continually spit on us.. wow what a surprise!! Her name is Scylla as in Sicilia, the indigenous peoples on the Island were called Sicels.. There is no challenging anything.. Sad Italians are the most disrespected, hated ethnic group.. Challenged, anything to destroy Italian pride and history.. of course.. so sick of this shit.. 

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PG1224 [2016-12-31 20:00:11 +0000 UTC]

Where did they get the tentacles? Is she a sea witch?

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PG1224 [2016-12-31 19:59:20 +0000 UTC]

Where did the tentacle come from in the first place?

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PG1224 In reply to PG1224 [2016-12-31 19:59:37 +0000 UTC]

Tentacles

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Dezharn [2016-10-24 17:05:52 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work dude... Can I use your image for a Web Page about mitology that i am doing? I would cite all your work in the credits and link back in the description, that's for sure!!

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Laboi [2016-09-01 05:58:47 +0000 UTC]

Love your scylla its so pretty and professional. I also did a Scylla though mine has more of an anglerfish concept

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Mawnoos [2015-08-05 08:54:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! Awesome! Why have I not heard of her?

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gordhanx [2014-11-22 12:42:39 +0000 UTC]

OOOH great design! Love the details, colouring, shading, lighting, pose, background and water.

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ProjectAnimation [2014-11-05 04:01:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is stunning! 

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Tsuki222 [2014-10-12 13:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous, as allways!

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ninjanoto [2014-08-30 06:20:57 +0000 UTC]

draw Charybdis

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yarizui [2014-06-05 17:56:31 +0000 UTC]

helll yaaaa!

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MRWHITE81 [2013-12-29 15:56:18 +0000 UTC]

is the woman sitting on top or is she part of it?

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Seraph77777 In reply to MRWHITE81 [2014-03-07 03:58:47 +0000 UTC]

In Greek mythology it mentions that the upper part of Scylla was a nymph but her lower half was cursed by witchcraft of Circe due to her betrayal her father, King Nisus of Megara, out of love for Minos, king of Crete. Other legends mentions that that Circe was jealous of Scylla beauty and some myths mentions that Circe was in love with someone (probably Minos) but his eyes were on Scylla and out of Jealousy, Circe then tries to poison the water Scylla goes to but due to Scylla being a nymph the poison affected her differently and when she went into the pool of water the poison transformed the lower part of her into what you see in the picture.

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flyingdrake In reply to Seraph77777 [2014-03-19 04:53:28 +0000 UTC]

Glaucus was who Circe was in love with. Glaucus wanted love herbs from Circe (a witch), because he and Scylla had been attracted to each other but Glaucus's body changed into one with fishy elements and Scylla became unsure.  Circe got a crush on Glaucus who spurned her, professing love for Scylla. Circe cursed Scylla.  (source theoi.com)

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Seraph77777 In reply to flyingdrake [2014-05-04 09:09:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the info. I really enjoy myths and is always interesting learning new things about them. 

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lolabunny613 [2013-12-21 07:37:14 +0000 UTC]

This is how I picture her!! she's one of my favorites too  

poor Scylla  

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GuesssWho9 In reply to lolabunny613 [2013-12-22 04:50:29 +0000 UTC]

She never did anything wrong, did she?

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jlcates [2013-11-26 15:08:28 +0000 UTC]

wonderful work..

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Chocolatonatan [2013-10-31 07:32:31 +0000 UTC]

Compadezco a Ulises/Odiseo que tuvo que pasar por el estrecho en que habita

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GuesssWho9 [2013-08-16 02:35:01 +0000 UTC]

I always felt sorry for her

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hobbitshire [2013-08-08 14:19:34 +0000 UTC]

Great. The ferocity of this creature is well displayed. Good you do one of Charybdis as well?

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bloodhaze101 [2013-06-02 20:36:58 +0000 UTC]

strangely arousing........................ I should go to a doctor and get my self checked out -_-
and good stuff

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KantankerousKitten In reply to bloodhaze101 [2015-09-04 18:24:40 +0000 UTC]

Lol, man, you don't have to get yourself checked out. It's totally normal.

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bloodhaze101 In reply to KantankerousKitten [2015-09-04 20:10:52 +0000 UTC]

Sweet do more

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starlight-lena [2013-05-04 16:50:18 +0000 UTC]

NICE!
In our latin class we have to translate several storys from Ovid, well, and mine was Glaucus and Scylla.
We have to make a portfolio and I wodner, if I could use your image for the cover?
Of course I would mention you as a source ^^"
Would be very nice!

xoxo, Lena <3

Btw: We won't publish it, it's just for our teachers - in fact, it's an exam over several weeks ._."

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junweise [2013-03-31 16:32:24 +0000 UTC]

Syclla, reminds me of Prison Break

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Scarouselle [2013-03-12 08:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.

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Jokerz-1824 [2013-02-22 22:10:04 +0000 UTC]

I thought she was a 6-headed snake monster. Still looks epic, though.

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Just4Fun02 [2013-02-11 02:40:23 +0000 UTC]

My Classics professor used this image in one of presentations regarding Scylla! This is amazing!

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dcblackstar [2013-01-27 05:48:55 +0000 UTC]

hello pretty lady how may i serve you?

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khaclam [2013-01-05 11:18:28 +0000 UTC]

Who is the girl chained to the monster?

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LeingodX In reply to khaclam [2013-01-11 02:12:00 +0000 UTC]

It's part of the monster

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khaclam In reply to LeingodX [2013-01-11 02:56:49 +0000 UTC]

In Age Of Mythology, the monster looks different.

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LeingodX In reply to khaclam [2013-01-21 02:19:22 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing, this one's based on the Castlevania SOTN one. Mythology is pretty open to interpretation, so it's not strange there are different depictions.

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LordBlaziken [2012-11-29 07:18:11 +0000 UTC]

... awesomeness...

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Houjou [2012-10-01 03:09:28 +0000 UTC]

This is another one of my favorite mythical creatures, you did an awesome job!!

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13violet [2012-09-10 05:20:40 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, she's one of my favorite monsters.

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Bethwuzhere [2012-08-04 03:13:05 +0000 UTC]

I think that this is awesome!

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ThomasAnime [2012-07-28 14:42:45 +0000 UTC]

In my opinion, that is the perfect portrait for Scylla, as it shows her former self as a beautiful woman and also her current form as a terrifying sea monster.

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Syprus666 [2012-07-10 21:38:44 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely fantastic. Love it

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PerceptorsFembot [2012-06-04 19:27:54 +0000 UTC]

FABULOUS portrayal of the mythological beast, you captured its essence beautifully.

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Alejandro-Delgado [2012-05-08 08:36:37 +0000 UTC]

why 7 dog heads?

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PerceptorsFembot In reply to Alejandro-Delgado [2012-06-04 19:25:53 +0000 UTC]

Its what she was described as in myth and lore

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xMJJMoonwalker [2012-04-18 20:24:47 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, great job on the details.

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