Typhon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Typhon \Ty"phon\, n. [Gr. ?, and ?. See {Typhoon}.] (Class.
     Mythol.)
     1. According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of
        the winds, but later identified with him.
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     Note: By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the
           Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil. --Encyc.
           Brit.
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     2. A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. [Obs.]
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              The circling typhon whirled from point to point.
                                                    --Thomson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Typhon
       n : (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads and one of
           the whirlwinds; son of Typhoeus and Echidna; father of
           Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx