Orthrus
Origin / Region
Island of Erytheia
Creature Type
Two-Headed Dog
Threat Level
High
Defeated By
Heracles
Description
The two-headed hound brother of Cerberus, born of Typhon and Echidna. He guarded Geryon's legendary red cattle with savage ferocity and was said to have fathered both the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion upon his own mother, Echidna.