Ladon and the Golden Apples
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Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature:
Sources: Dragons and Dragon Lore, Drakhen's Lair, Pantheon, Polenth, Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins, and a few others
Notes:
- Sometimes shown with one head, sometimes with a hundred, and some sources say it's the child of Typhon and Echidna and others of Phorcys.
- Guarded Hera's golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides and was the son of Mother Earth.
- Slain by Hercules as one of the 12 labors. (There are too many sources for Hercules, so if you want more info on him, search at will)
- Was sent up into the sky by June as the constellation "Serpent"
- Ladon may be an alternate name for Ismenos, from Thebes.