Who Is Charybdis? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Charybdis is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 34 comic issue appearances. A Greek goddess who was cursed into the form of an enormous, sea-swallowing monster.

Who is Charybdis?

Origin Charybdis was born as the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia , and faithfully served her father as the goddess of the tides. She aided him in his feud with Zeus by helping him engulf lands and entire islands in water. Angry over the land she had stolen from him, Zeus cursed Charybdis into the form of a monster like a bladder, with flippers for arms and legs, and an unquenchable thirst for the sea. This forced her to drink the water of the sea three times a day in an effort to sate her thirst, only to belch it back out, creating enormous whirlpools in the process. Living under a rock, Charybdis stayed on one end of a narrow channel, with another monster, Scylla , living across from her on the opposite side, forming a strait. The sides of the strait were within an arrow shot of each other, and any sailors attempting to avoid the reach of one of them would be unable to avoid that of the other. "Between Scylla and Charybdis" thereby became a phrase referring to having to choose between two dangers, either of which would bring harm. Creation Charybdis first featured in the ancient Greek story of The Odyssey , a tale of the hero Odysseus and his long and arduous journey from the Trojan.

Key facts

Charybdis is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "The Odyssey". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 34 recorded issue appearances, Charybdis ranks among the most featured characters in comics.