Is Typhon a Titan or a god?

Though addressed as being a "Titan" in God of War II, Typhon was not a Titan in real mythology; merely a ferocious monster whom Gaia had given birth to long after giving birth to the twelve Titans. In other versions, he was said to be the god of windstorms and drought, but still a son of Gaia and Tartarus.
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Is Typhon a god?

As well as being a monster, Typhon was a god. He was the last son of Gaia (the Earth) and Tartarus (a violent, bottomless abyss). Both Gaia and Tartarus were deities and considered to be all-powerful gods.
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Is Typhon a Titan or monster?

Typhon, also spelled Typhaon, or Typhoeus, in Greek mythology, youngest son of Gaea (Earth) and Tartarus (of the nether world). He was described as a grisly monster with a hundred dragons' heads who was conquered and cast into the underworld by Zeus.
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Is Typhon god of war?

Typhon, also known as the Wind Titan, is one of the Titans and a minor character in God of War II. He does not do much in the game, but just the mere sight of Kratos make him want to kill Kratos.
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Is Typhon mortal or immortal?

His immortality did the rest of his healing, and he lived to fight another day. After this, a ten thousand year battle ensued between Typhon and the gods, and it finally ended with Zeus trapping Typhon under Mount Etna where he would forever be trapped to be a volcano.
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Can Typhon beat Zeus?

Typhon attempted to overthrow Zeus for the supremacy of the cosmos. The two fought a cataclysmic battle, which Zeus finally won with the aid of his thunderbolts. Defeated, Typhon was cast into Tartarus, or buried underneath Mount Etna, or in later accounts, the island of Ischia.
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Does Typhon have a weakness?

Typhon's Weakness

Each of his legs were huge vipers who writhed and hissed as he walked. He had hundreds of wings up and down his body.
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Can Kratos beat Typhon?

Both Typhon and Gaea could only be contained until they would kill the gods. Kronos was defeated completely(surviving only because of his immortality) with only three of the gods. The book exaggerated the power of Kronos. Typhon could destroy him in a matter of seconds.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Is Echidna a god?

Echidna, (Greek: “Snake”) monster of Greek mythology, half woman, half serpent. Her parents were either the sea deities Phorcys and Ceto (according to Hesiod's Theogony) or Tartarus and Gaia (in the account of the mythographer Apollodorus); in Hesiod, Tartarus and Gaia are the parents of Echidna's husband, Typhon.
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Who is the strongest Greek god?

Zeus was the Greek god that both deities and man would call upon for help. Zeus would help the other gods, goddesses, and mortals if they needed help, but would also invoke his wrath upon them if he felt they weren't worthy of his help. This made Zeus the strongest Greek god in Greek mythology.
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Is Typhon the father of all monsters?

Typhon, also known as the Father of All Monsters, is a character from Hercules: The Animated Series. He was the most powerful of all the Titans. He was challenged by Zeus and beaten by Hera when she hurled a lightning bolt at one of Typhon's nostrils.
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What is Typhon the Titan of?

Known as the "father of all monsters", Typhon was a fire-breathing dragon who had one hundred heads that never slept. After the Titanomachy, Gaea wanted to punish Zeus for imprisoning her Titan children in Tartarus; thus, Typhon was born.
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Who is Zeus rival?

Prometheus. In Greek mythology, Prometheus is the titan who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to man. When Zeus discovered this, he had Prometheus chained to a mountain, made him mortal, and had an eagle eat his liver every day, which regenerated and caused him eternal suffering.
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Who is the prettiest god?

Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the Goddesses and there are many tales of how she could encourage both Gods and humans to fall in love with her.
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Who is the god of stupidity?

In Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: Κοάλεμος) was the god of stupidity, mentioned once by Aristophanes, and being found also in Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name.
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Is Hades stronger than Zeus?

Even though Hades is more powerful, that doesn't mean he has to be king. Look at Poseidon. He's more powerful than Zeus and more likable, but he isn't king either. Zeus is better at ruling than Poseidon and Hades.
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Who built Tartarus?

Deity. In the Greek poet Hesiod's Theogony ( c. late 8th century BC), Tartarus was the third of the primordial deities, following after Chaos and Gaia (Earth), and preceding Eros, and was the father, by Gaia, of the monster Typhon. According to Hyginus, Tartarus was the offspring of Aether and Gaia.
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Who overthrew Zeus?

In order to overthrow Zeus, Hera decided that she would drug Zeus and make him fall asleep. Once asleep, the gods tied Zeus to his throne. As Zeus awoke, he was furious and began arguing with the gods who bound him to the throne. Briareus, also known as Aegaeon, was a giant who had 100 arms and 50 heads.
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How did Zeus lose his power?

A further defiance of Prometheus was his refusal to reveal to Zeus a crucial secret that he knew and Zeus did not. If Zeus mated with the sea-goddess Thetis, she would bear a son who would overthrow his father. Thus Zeus faced the terrible risk of losing his power as supreme god, like Cronus and Uranus before him.
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Who is the wife of Typhon?

Echidna was a half-woman, half-snake creature in Greek mythology, also known as the "mother of all monsters", as she gave birth to most of the Greek mythical creatures. Echidna's Family She was the wife of Typhon, who was the "father of all monsters" and the most fearsome and dangerous monster in said mythology.
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Who killed Echidna?

Although for Hesiod Echidna was immortal and ageless, according to Apollodorus Echidna continued to prey on the unfortunate "passers-by" until she was finally killed, while she slept, by Argus Panoptes, the hundred-eyed giant who served Hera.
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Who is the deadliest Greek goddess?

Medea, the most notorious femme fatale of all Greek mythology.
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