Scylla

[phoenixsong]

In most books and legends, Scylla seems to be portrayed as evil, but a week ago, she contacted me. I was sitting on the schoolbus, trying to envision a shield, and then she started talking to me, which was great.

Anyway, she didn't come across as evil, or ugly, but more like a Goddess. I was just wondering, was she ever worshipped, was she a deity at any time? (this is very like the Medusa post in this forum, isn't it? But I didn't want to go off topic in the middle of that post).

Anyway, if anyone has any information on Scylla, I'd love if they could give it to me.

[Mnemosyne]

This Scylla question totally reminds me of the Medusa questions. In mythology, Scylla is a sea monster with six dogs' heads. In the Odyssey, Homer does state that Scylla was the daughter of a goddess. Supposedly, she was once a really beautiful woman who Zeus and Poseidon loved. Some sources say that the sorceress Circe got jealous and changed Scylla into a monster. Perhaps you had an image of Scylla before she was transformed into a monster.

[Myst]

Relevant links


http://home.swipnet.se/~w-48250/mythology/s/scylla.html
http://www.myth.com/mythopoeia/sea_truth.html
http://www.theoi.com/Pontos/Skylla.html
http://apk.net/~fjk/scylla.html
http://www.karpel.org/Ron/Peaks/Scylla00.html
http://209.41.176.193/Myths/Glaucus.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/26264/inhabitants/creatures/site020.htm
http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull7.html


(all found through http://google.com)

Scylla was a nymph. When a young man fell in love with her he went to Circe for a love spell. Circe fell in love with *him* and in her jealousy poured poisons in Scylla's pool, turning her into a hideous monster.

[phoenixsong]

Thanks very much for the links and info. Gonna go look at them all now.

[Agaliha]

:bumpsmili

Theoi said (http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Skylla.html)
SKYLLA was a sea monster or monstrous sea goddess who haunted the rocks of a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool daemon Kharybdis.
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In classical art she was depicted as a fish-tailed sea-goddess, or mermaid, with a cluster of canine fore-parts surrounding her waist.


So she was a goddess?
I've posted into about Medusa, Circe and Calypso and their possible goddess roots, but I never considered Skylla (Scylla). I've never heard of Scylla being one.
Interesting...
:idea:

I wonder though, how did the ancient Greeks discover/decided/etc who was a deity?

Too bad phoenixsong hasn't been on for a long time, I'd love to hear about her experiences.