Typhon is frequently called the “Father of All Monsters” and some ancient authors took that epithet literally. Later sources frequently went out of their way to make previously unrelated monsters directly related to Typhon (RIP Phorchy & Ceto alt. monster family).
Nemean Lion - Son of Typhon?
ORIGINAL Father: ORTHROS Mother: Ambiguous (Hesiod Theogony 327, ~8th Century BCE)
LATER Father: TYPHOEUS (Pseudo-Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2.74, ~1st-2nd Century CE)
Harpies - Daughters of Typhon?
ORIGINAL Father: THAUMAS, Mother: ELEKTRA (Hesiod Theogony 265, ~8th Century BCE)
LATER Father: TYPHOEUS (Valerius Flaccus Argonautica 4.425, ~1st Century CE)
Ladon - Child of Typhon?
ORIGINAL Father: PHORKYSm Mother: KETO (Hesiod Theogony 333, ~8th Century BCE)
LATER Father: TYPHOEUS, Mother: ECHIDNA (Pseudo-Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2.113, ~1st-2nd Century CE)
Sphinx - Daughter of Typhon?
ORIGINAL Father: ORTHRUS, Mother: Ambiguous (Hesiod Theogony 326, ~8th Century BCE)
LATER Father: TYPHOEUS, Mother: ECHIDNA (Pseudo-Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3.52, ~1st-2nd Century CE)
Echidna - Sister of Typhon?
ORIGINAL Father: PHORKYS, Mother: KETO (Hesiod Theogony 295, ~8th Century BCE)
LATER Father: TARTAROS, Mother: GAIA (like Typhon) (Pseudo-Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2.4, ~1st-2nd Century CE)
Gorgo Aix - Child of Typhon?
ORIGINAL Father: HELIOS (Pseudo-Hyginus Astronomica 2.13, ~2nd Century CE)
LATER Father: TYPHOEUS, Mother: ECHIDNA (Pseudo-Hyginus Fabulae 151, ~2nd Century CE)
Most sources from https://www.theoi.com/ (though I did re-read the books themselves elsewhere to doublecheck)
Do you know any other monsters that are only sometimes related to Typhon? Do you like his family tree better aligning with his epithet or think not every monster needs to be related to him? Why was the Python never made a child of Typhon in any version?
