APOPHIS

Real Name: Apopophis (possibly)
Occupation: God of chaos
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Apophis except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Aapef, Ap, Apap, Apep, Apepi (alternate names)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed, possibly Inapplicable
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Mount Bakhu (somewhere in modern Morocco)
First Appearance: Apophis has yet to appear in Marvel or DC Comics
History: Not much is known about the origins of Apophis. According to ancient myths, he came into existence with Atum-Ra, the ancestor of the Gods of Egypt, much as Ahriman came into existence with Ormazd. Atum-Ra and Apophis often fought to gain control of the universe, but Atum-Ra eventually defeated him, either slaying Apophis or driving him into exile in the underworld. However, Apophis often attempted to return to Earth trying to attack Atum-Ra, but he was always driven back through the efforts of Seth, the god of the underworld, as he piloted Atum-Ra's boat on the Nile. 

Height: Indeterminate
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Red
Hair: None

Strength Level: Inapplicable

Known Superhuman Powers: Apophis is a huge serpent of indeterminate size possessing superhuman strength, stamina, endurance and an nearly inexhaustible physique capable of battling experienced gods like Atum-Ra for several hours before tiring. Apophis may be able to summon forces of storm and negative energies in the form of hexes and spells, but this is unconfirmed.   

CHIMERA

Real Name: Chimaera (original spelling)
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Chimera except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Chimaira (alternate spelling)
Place of Birth: somewhere in Arcadia (modern Greece)
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Typhon (father), Echidna (mother, deceased), Geryon (uncle, deceased), Chrysaor (maternal grandfather), Calirrhoe (maternal grandmother), Cerberus, Ladon, Nemean Lion, Orthrus (brothers), Phaea, Sphinx (sisters),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Mount Olympos in Lycia in the 13th Century BC (now part of modern Turkey)
First Appearance: Incredible Hercules #138
History: The Chimera is one of the progeny of Typhon and Echidna, ancient deities within the genealogy of the Gods of Olympus. Although Typhon and Echidna seem to have been previously gods, their off-spring had characteristics more like animals and dragons, possibly due to their parent's animal-like forms or due to Athena's curse on Echidna's ancestor, Medusa. The Chimera was born with the heads of an lion and a goat and a tail that took the form of a serpent. According to legend, she was raised by Amisodarus, an ancient king of Lycia, and used to terrorize the surrounding countryside, but she must have become too violent and fell out of the control of the later Lycian kings, later terrorizing the countryside setting fires and destroying cattle. In the Late 13th Century, King Iobates sent Bellerophon to slay the Chimera, and with the help of Pegasus, Bellerophon tracked the Chimera to its lair and slew it with enchanted arrows.

In modern years, the Chimera was covertly restored to life by Hades on behalf of Hera. Following the decimation of Olympus, the Olympian Gods had retired to Earth posing as human beings. After the seeming death of Zeus, Hera used the Chimera to strengthen her hold over the other Olympians, but the Chimera was once again slain by the Agents of Atlas after being forced to incinerate one of its heads. 

Height: 10' (estimated length)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Red
Hair: Brown/Silver

Unusual Physical Features: The Chimera resembled a lion of extra-ordinary size with a tail ending with the head and abdomen of a snake and a second vestigial head resembling a goat.

Strength Level: Inapplicable

Known Superhuman Powers: The Chimera possessed superhuman strength, stamina, endurance and resistance to injury from conventional weapons. It also had the ability to spew fire by igniting its breath and expelling it up to forty to fifty feet from its mouth. 

FENRIR

Real Name: Fenrir
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Fenrir except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Fenris Wolf, Garm (possibly), Fenrisulfr, Hrodvitnir, Vanagandr
Place of Birth: Ironwood Forest, Jarnivor (now part of Poland) 
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Loki (father), Angrboda (mother), Hela (sister), Jormungard (brother), Skoll, Hati (sons),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Gjoll River in Hel
First Appearance: Journey Into Mystery #114
History: Fenrir is a large wolf of extraordinary size native to the realm of the Gods of Asgard. According to myths, Fenrir was the son of the Loki and Angrboda of a previous incarnation of Asgard and has survived nearly unscathed in the repeating cycles of Ragnarok. Better known as the Fenris Wolf, Fenrir threatened Idunn, keeper of the golden apples of immortality, and was banished to Vanaheim. This incident later became the basis for the fairy tale of "Little Red Riding Hood." Just as Fenris reached maturity, the Asgardians decided it was unsafe to allow Fenrir to roam the land unfettered. They took to playing a game with the wolf to see how easily he could snap through the bonds they put on him. Each time, they forged the thicker and thicker bond of iron, but Fenrir broke them all. Finally, Odin commanded a dwarf to forge an enchanted fetter. The dwarf did so, creating a thin, silk-like substance of phenomenal durability known as Gleipner. When the gods approached Fenrir to try and break this substance, the wolf-god sensed the fragile looking substance was a trick. He agreed to let them place the bond on him only if one of the gods laid a hand in his mouth as an act of trust. If the bond proved unbreakable, Fenrir would bit. Among the gods that assembled for this task, only Tyr, the god of war and courage, was willing to make such a sacrifice. He placed his left hand in Fenrir's teeth as the bonds were put in place, and when Fenrir struggled to break the bonds, he bit Tyr's hand off. The gods then bound Fenrir with the chain Gelgia and chained him to the rocks by the Gjoll River at the gates of Hel. His presence as the Fenris Wolf at the gates of Hel might have inspired the stories of Garm sitting at the gates of the underworld, but this is unconfirmed. According to Norse myth, the Fenris Wolf is prophesized to break free at Ragnarok and devour Odin, only to be slain in final battle with Tyr as they destroy each other.

It has been theorized that Fenris Wolf might be one of several beings to survive the cycles of destruction and rebirth involving the Asgardians. In recent years, Fenris Work gained the ability to take the form of a large wolf-like humanoid and helped Loki to set in motion a revised version of Ragnarok in which all the Asgardians died. However, Thor subsequently restored the Asgardians to life; the Fenris Wolf's whereabouts are unrevealed.

Height: 15' (hind feet)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Red
Hair: None

Strength Level: Inapplicable. In humanoid form, Fenris Wolf possesses superhuman strength enabling him to lift (press) around 50 tons under optimal conditions.

Known Superhuman Powers: Fenris Wolf possesses the conventional physical attributes of the Asgardian gods due to his ancestry, including superhuman strength, speed, stamina, endurance and resistance to harm. In wolf-form, his jaws can bite through tempered steel and his claws can rend through solid stone. He can also shapeshift from lupine form into werewolf form at will.

HYDRA

Real Name: Unknown, possibly Hydra
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Hydra except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: None known
Place of Birth: somewhere in Arcadia (modern Greece)
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Typhon (father), Echidna (mother, deceased), Geryon (uncle, deceased), Chrysaor (maternal grandfather), Calirrhoe (maternal grandmother), Cerberus, Ladon, Nemean Lion, Orthrus (brothers), Chimaera, Phaea, Sphinx (sisters),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Lerna in Southern Argos in the 13th Century BC (now part of modern Greece)
First Appearance: Thor I #356
History: The Hydra was a monstrous seven-headed dragon that terrorized Ancient Greece. It was the spawn of Typhon, the eternal enemy of the Olympian gods, and Echidna, the snake-goddess. After Typhon was imprisoned under Mount Aetna after attacking the Gods of Olympus, Echidna fled to Arcadia where she sired several progeny that featured both animal and human characteristics. This trait might be linked to the fact that Echidna was the daughter of Chrysaor, a son of Poseidon and Medusa, one of the Gorgons who had been cursed by Athena. It has also been attributed to Calirrhoe, Chrysaor's wife, who could turn herself into various animals. Born as a dragon, the Hydra terrorized much of Ancient Greece until making a home in the swamps of Lerna where she grew to immense size preying upon travelers through the region.
Around 1260 BC, Hercules fell under the subservience of King Eurystheus of Mycenae, who sent him on several dangerous labors trying to kill him off as a rival to his throne. Sent on his second labor to slay the Hydra, Hercules quickly learned it grew two new heads for each one severed from its body. With the help of his nephew, Iolaus, Hercules used heated brands to cauterize each neck for every head he severed to prevent new heads from forming. Burning the rest of the creature's body, he collected enough of its venom to dip his arrows within and render them that much more potent. However, Eurystheus later realized that Hercules had too much help from Iolaus in defeating the Hydra and refused to count this as one of the labors, later replacing it with a much more dangerous labor. Hera later granted the Hydra's name to a group of stars in the sky, although later myths would claim the stars were the Hydra's image cast in the heavens.

Despite its apparent demise, the Hydra reportedly returned to life to terrorize Hercules and other heroes, but it is unknown if it was restored to life by other gods or if its name was granted to other unrelated dragons. It appeared again to attack Hercules and the Argonauts, who sliced off its venomous heads off and sealed its wounds with the super-heated pitch used to seal the hull of the Argo. It also seemed to appear in modern times to attack the Fantastic Four. Hades restored it to life to attack the young demigod Percy Jackson and Ares later used Hydra blood against Hercules. The Hydra's name has since been used as the mantra of the covert terrorist organization known as HYDRA.

Height: 50' (estimated length)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Black
Hair: None

Strength Level: Inapplicable

Known Superhuman Powers: The Hydra was a large dragon-type entity of indeterminate size with seven heads at the end of several long individual necks, vaguely resembling a mutation of a prehistoric plesiosaur or elasmosaurus. It had extraordinary regenerative ability to replace limbs and even heads within ten to fifteen seconds of loss. For each head that it lost, it could regenerate two heads to replace the one which was lost. Its venom was particularly lethal, but it was possibly vulnerable to fire since cauterizing its wounds from its severed heads prevented extra heads from growing back. Considering it could lose its heads so easily, it may not have had a very dense or hard external body to protect it from harm.

JORMUNGARD

Real Name: Jormungardr (original spelling)
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence Jormungard except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Jormungand, Midgard Serpent, Midgard Worm, World Serpent,
Place of Birth: possibly Ironwood Forest, Jarnivor (now part of Poland)
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Loki (father), Angrboda (mother), Hela (sister), Fenris Wolf (brother),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
First Appearance: Thor #127
History: Jormungard is a large serpent of extraordinary size native to the realm of the Gods of Asgard. According to myths, Jormungard was the son of the Loki and Angrboda of a previous incarnation of Asgard and has survived nearly unscathed in the repeating cycles of Ragnarok. Despite his godly parentage, Jormungard grew to be increasingly serpentine in appearance, and after Odin became aware of prophesies revealing Jormungard was a potential threat to Asgard, he had Jormungard banished to the depths of the ocean where he grew to immense size and possibly spawned many of the accounts of sea serpents seen by mortal sailors. According to a prophecy, Jormungard and Thor are fated to slay each other at Ragnarok, and Thor has tried several times to prevent this prophesy from occurring, once trying to bait Jormungard with an ox-head with the help of Hymir to slay him, but Hymir became too frightened and cut Thor's fishing line. Thor also encountered Jormungard disguised as a cat in the court of Utgard-Loki as part of a lesson to teach the Asgardians they were not immune to death. 

In later incarnations of Asgard, Jormungard returned usually as an ally or accomplice of Loki in his quests to claim the throne of Asgard, including one plan to hold the Apples of Immortality hostage. Jormungard also brutally attacked Thor after Hela cast a curse that rendered him incapable of dying and incapable of healing, but Thor still managed to defeat Jormungard while wearing a suit of indestructible armor, beating Jormungard to a bloody pulp before the power of Mjolnir turned the serpent-god to ethereal form. Whether Jormungard was truly defeated or if he existed in some form in another dimension in unrevealed. 

Height: Indeterminate
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Red
Hair: None

Strength Level: Jormungard possessed immeasurable strength at a level that has never been measured; his strength surpassed that of Thor who has Class 100 level strength and can (lift) press well over 100 tons under optimal conditions.

Known Superhuman Powers: Jormungard possessed the conventional physical attributes of the Asgardian gods due to his ancestry, including superhuman strength, speed, stamina, endurance and resistance to harm but possibly at levels beyond any other Asgardian god. Jormungard also carries a venom that is fatal to Asgardian Gods and may be similar to the blood of the Hydra. It has been theorized that Jormungard maybe capable of disguising his appearance as he appeared as a cat to Thor in the court of Utgard-Loki, a feat that is usually attributed to Utgard-Loki; however, it is known that Jormungard often appears much larger on Earth than he does in Asgard. Whether Jormungard can truly deceive others with his size or if this is attribute between the differences between the realms of Asgard and Earth is unrevealed 

KRAKEN

Real Name: Hafgufa ("sea mist")
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Kraken except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: None known
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: The Greenland Sea, possibly Mobile
First Appearance: (historical) Saga of Orvar-Oddr (13th Century), (modern) "The Kraken" by Lord Alfred Tennyson,
History: Not much is known about the creature known as the Kraken except it was one of several oceanic beasts the Vikings and Ancient Norse feared in their travels at sea. It was first mentioned in "The Saga of Orvar-Oddr," a 13th Century adventurer as he sailed from Norway to Greenland, who also believed it to be the eternal rival of Lynbakr, ("heather back"), an immense whale capable of swallowing whole ships. It was described in the Konunga Skuggsja around 1250 as a huge powerful octopus that pulled ships down into the sea and later documented by zoologist Carolus Linnaeus, although it disappears from his later work. Linnaeus further believed it was random freak of nature, an ordinary octopus that had somehow grown to great size. The poet, Lord Alfred Tennyson, wrote his sonnet, "The Kraken," based on its legend. In 1782, malacologist Pierre de Monfort blamed the Kraken for the disappearance of ten British war ships, but it is unrevealed if this theory is correct. 

Height: 150' (estimated length)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: None

Strength Level: The Kraken possessed Class 100 level strength enabling it to lift (press) over 100 tons under optimal conditions.

Known Superhuman Powers: The Kraken was a large eight-armed cephalopod resembling an ordinary octopus, although one of extraordinary size and possessing superhuman strength, stamina, endurance and resistance to injury. It was powerful enough to wrap itself around the hull of Viking and British sailing ships and pull them underwater where it could feast on the sailors of these crafts. Its actual full attributes are unknown.

Note: In "Clash of the Titans" (1980/2010), the Kraken was erroneously identified as the would-be antagonist of the hero, Perseus, and confused with Cetus, progeny of Tartarus and Gaea.  

LADON

Real Name: Ladon
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of Ladon except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: None known
Place of Birth: somewhere in Arcadia (modern Greece)
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Typhon (father), Echidna (mother, deceased), Geryon (uncle, deceased), Chrysaor (maternal grandfather), Calirrhoe (maternal grandmother), Cerberus, Nemean Lion, Orthrus (brothers), Hydra, Chimaera, Phaea, Sphinx (sisters),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Mount Atlas in Ancient Libya in the 13th Century BC (now part of modern Morocco)
First Appearance: Sandman Special #1
History: Ladon was a huge dragon that existed in Ancient Greece. It was the spawn of Typhon, the eternal enemy of the Olympian gods, and Echidna, the snake-goddess. After Typhon was imprisoned under Mount Aetna after attacking the Gods of Olympus, Echidna fled to Arcadia where she sired several progeny that featured both animal and human characteristics. This trait might be linked to the fact that Echidna was the daughter of Chrysaor, a son of Poseidon and Medusa, one of the Gorgons who had been cursed by Athena. It has also been attributed to Calirrhoe, Chrysaor's wife, who could turn herself into various animals. Born as a dragon, Ladon was placed as a guardian to the Garden of the Hesperides, which provided the golden fruit that gave the Olympians their vitality. The garden was further attended by the Hesperides, minor goddesses of the west and daughters of the Titan, Atlas, who had been imprisoned nearby. The Hesperides were warmly visited by the heroes, Perseus, who arrived to retrieve the weapons to slay Medusa, and Hercules, who arrived to take Golden Apples from the garden to take back to Greece on his Eleventh Labor. Ladon was slain by Hercules in order to retrieve the apples to finish his labor.

Height: 25' (estimated length)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Black
Hair: None

Strength Level: Unknown

Known Superhuman Powers: Ladon was a large dragon-type entity of indeterminate size with several heads at the end of several long individual necks, vaguely resembling a mutation of a prehistoric plesiosaur or elasmosaurus. (According to myths, Ladon had over a hundred heads while he is typically seen in art with one head.) Ladon possessing superhuman strength, stamina, endurance and resistance to injury. In artwork, Ladon has alligator or crocodile-like characteristics on a serpentine body. Not many of his attributes have been revealed. 

NEMEAN LION

Real Name: Unknown, possibly None
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Nemean Lion except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: None known
Place of Birth: somewhere in Arcadia (modern Greece)
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Typhon (father), Echidna (mother, deceased), Geryon (uncle, deceased), Chrysaor (maternal grandfather), Calirrhoe (maternal grandmother), Cerberus, Ladon, Orthrus (brothers), Chimaera, Hydra, Phaea, Sphinx (sisters),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Nemea in Northern Argos in the 13th Century BC (now part of modern Greece)
First Appearance: Hercules III #1
History: The Nemean Lion was a ferocious lion that existed in Ancient Greece. According to myths, it was the spawn of Typhon, the eternal enemy of the Olympian Gods, and Echidna, the snake-goddess, who had sired many of the brood that terrorized Ancient Greece. However, the Nemean Lion is said to have been suckled by Hera, the Queen of the Olympian Gods and the tutelary goddess of Argos, who then gave the lion to Selene, the moon-goddess to raise to adulthood. Fully mature, the Nemean Lion was allowed to roam unfettered around Argos where it became a nuisance to the Argives until it was trapped in its cave and slain by Hercules in his first labor by choking it to death. Hercules appreciated the impervious hide of the Nemean Lion that he skinned it and wore its hide as a trophy. Afterward, Hera immortalized the memory of the Nemean Lion in the stars with a constellation.

Height: 8' (hind legs)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown

Strength Level: The Nemean Lion possessed superhuman strength compared to a male lion of its size, build and height enough to match Hercules who possesses Class 100 strength.

Known Superhuman Powers: The Nemean Lion was a lion of extraordinary size possessing superhuman strength, stamina, endurance and resistance to injury due to its godly attributes. It also had powerful jaws for catching and devouring prey and claws capable of rendering through stone and masonry. Its hide was dense enough to repel arrows and spears rendering immune to weapons.

NIDHOGG

Real Name: Nidhoggr (original spelling)
Occupation: Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Nidhogg except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Nithogg, Nitthogg, Nithhog, Nidhug, Corpse Tearer, et al.
Place of Birth: Unknown
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Unknown
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Nastrond Shore in Hel
First Appearance: Thor I #336
History: Not much is known about the dragon known as Nidhogg. According to myths, Nidhogg lives on the shore of Nastrond along the Gjoll River where he feasts on the bodies of the dishonored dead as they wash up in the afterlife. However, much like Jormungard, Nidhogg was known to nibble at the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, which linked the Nine Worlds of Asgard. It is possible that Nidhogg may be the same entity as Jormungard or its progeny, but this is uncertain.

Height: 50' (estimated length)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Black
Hair: None

Strength Level: Inapplicable

Known Superhuman Powers: Nidhogg was a powerful dragon possessing superhuman strength, stamina, endurance and and resistance to harm comparable to the Gods of Asgard. His full attributes are unrevealed. 

ORTHRUS

Real Name: Orthrus
Occupation: Guardian
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Orthrus except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Orthus (alternate spelling)
Place of Birth: Unknown location in Arcadia (now part of modern Greece)
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Typhon (father), Echidna (mother, deceased), Geryon (uncle, deceased), Chrysaor (maternal grandfather), Calirrhoe (maternal grandmother), Cerberus, Ladon, Nemean Lion (brothers), Chimaera, Hydra, Phaea, Sphinx (sisters),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Erytheia (now part of modern Spain)
First Appearance: Clash of the Titans (1981)
History: Orthrus was a large two-headed dog that existed during the Ancient Greek Empire. It was the spawn of Typhon, the eternal enemy of the Olympian gods, and Echidna, the snake-goddess. After Typhon was imprisoned under Mount Aetna after attacking the Gods of Olympus, Echidna fled to Arcadia where she sired several progeny that featured both animal and human characteristics. For unknown reasons, Orthrus was taken by Geryon, Echidna's brother, to serve as guardian and protector of his cattle which grazed in Erytheia west of Greece.  

Height: 7' (estimated length)
Weight: Indeterminate
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown

Strength Level: Orthrus possessed superhuman strength compared to a male wolf of its size, build and height enough to match Hercules who possesses Class 100 strength.

Known Superhuman Powers: Orthrus was a powerful two-headed wolf possessing superhuman strength, stamina, endurance and and resistance to harm comparable to the Gods of Olympus including jaws to could bite through and tear through tempered steel. His full attributes are unrevealed. 

SPHINX

Real Name: Unknown, possibly Sphinx
Occupation: Sentry/Predator
Legal Status: Inapplicable
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Sphinx except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: None known
Place of Birth: Unknown location in Arcadia (now part of modern Greece)
Marital Status: None
Known Relatives: Typhon (father), Echidna (mother, deceased), Geryon (uncle, deceased), Chrysaor (maternal grandfather), Calirrhoe (maternal grandmother), Cerberus, Ladon, Nemean Lion, Orthrus (brothers), Chimaera, Hydra, Phaea, (sisters),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Mount Phicium near Thebes, Greece in the 13th Century BC
First Appearance: "Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth" by Richard Riordan
History: The Sphinx was the spawn of Typhon, the eternal enemy of the Olympian gods, and Echidna, the snake-goddess. After Typhon was imprisoned under Mount Aetna after attacking the Gods of Olympus, Echidna fled to Arcadia where she sired several progeny that featured both animal and human characteristics. Among her progeny, only the Sphinx and Phaea had outward human characteristics. Born with the hindquarters of a lion and large wings, the Sphinx was sent to Thebes by Hera, the Queen of the Olympian Gods, during the regency of King Creon to deter his rule in the absence of King Laius off at war. During his rule, the Sphinx appeared often on the walls of Thebes to pose a riddle then carry off and devour anyone, such as Creon's son Haemon, who failed to answer correctly. She also appeared on the road to Thebes to harass to devour travelers who failed to answer her riddle. She was eventually dispatched by Oedipus, the son of Laius, who after managing to answer her riddle, caused her to take her own life. Her name was later lent by the Greeks to the Temple of Harmachis near Cairo, Egypt.

Under unresolved circumstances, the Sphinx has turned up alive as an antagonist to the demigod, Percy Jackson, but whether she was restored to life or survived her death is unrevealed.

Height: 7' (hind legs)
Weight: 355 lbs.
Eyes: Red
Hair: Black

Strength Level: The Sphinx possessed superhuman strength comparable to Olympian goddesses and could lift (press) around 25 tons.

Known Superhuman Powers: The Sphinx possessed the conventional attributes of the Olympian gods, including superhuman strength, speed, stamina and resistance to injury. She also had two large wings that came from her back and allowed her to fly and carry off her victims. Her full range and maximum elevation of her ability to fly is unrevealed. 

VRITRA

Real Name: Ahi Vritra
Occupation: God of drought
Legal Status: Citizen of Patala
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of the existence of the Vritra except as a mythological character.
Other Aliases: Ahi Vrita Ahi Vrtra, Vrita, Vrtra
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Unknown
Known Relatives: Kasyapa (father), Kadru (mother), Vinata (aunt), Garuda (cousin), Vasuki (son), Purusha (grandfather), Gaea (mother, alias Aditi),
Group Affiliation: None
Base of Operations: Unknown, possibly Mobile
First Appearance: Vritra has yet to appear in the Marvel or DC Universe.
History: Vritra is a member of the Danavas or Naga-Gods of the Gods of India. According to myths, Vritra was the son of Kasyapa, one of the Adityas or ancestral gods of the Hindu Gods. Kasyapa took the daughters of Daksha as his wives, and among them, the sisters, Vinata and Kadru conspired to a child that outshone the other. Diti sired the Danavas, who appeared at birth in the form of snakes, but Vinata sired Garuda, who took the form of an eagle and devoured all of the sons of Vinata.

Vritra was one of the sons of Kadru who escaped Garuda and became one of the Asuras, the gods of the underworld at war with the Hindu Gods. In human form, Vritra had three faces for studying, eating and watching, but he could also take the form of a giant serpent resembling a cobra. Kadru further enchanted him to be impervious to weapons of metal, wood and stone and incapable of being killed during the day or night when it was wet and dry. The Hindu Gods grew to fear Vritra who devoured the Apsaras or river-goddesses and curled up around Mount Himavat (modern Mount Everest) preventing rain from reaching earth and causing a drought. Vishnu, one of the Adityas, however, got Indra, the thunder-god, drunk on soma, the sacred drink of the Hindu gods, and in his drunken state, Indra managed to slay Vritra by drowning him in the foam of the ocean at dawn the cutting Vritra open to free the Apsaras still alive within him to create rain.

Vritra's son, Vasuki, is known as the sacred mount of Vishnu, who became ruler of the Hindu Gods. 

Height: 7' 0"(humanoid), Indeterminate (serpent) 
Weight: 475 lbs. (humanoid), Indeterminate (serpent)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black

Unusual Physical Features: In human form, Vritra has three faces.

Strength Level: Vritra possessed Class 100 level strength enabling him to lift (press) over 100 tons.

Known Superhuman Powers: Vritra possessed the conventional attributes of the Hindu Gods, including superhuman strength, endurance, stamina and resistance to injury, all bolstered mystically by Vinata's spells. He also had the ability to shapeshift into other forms, mostly that of an immense cobra-like serpent large enough to coil around the top of Mount Everest.