Phorcys and Crataeis bore Scylla, the six-headed monster that devours sailors from her cliff above the strait. Crataeis alone might be called upon to restrain her daughter from striking a second time.
⚠ Apollodorus (Epitome 7.20) gives variant parentages: Phorcys and Hecate, Phorcys and Crataeis, or Typhon and Echidna. Some later sources identify Crataeis with Hecate.
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