Greek · No. 015

Charybdis, the Throat of the Sea

Real myth

Charybdis, the Throat of the Sea
Three times a day she drinks the sea. Three times she spits it back.
Rarity
Common
Category
Monster
ATK
1300
DEF
1500
Level
4
Type
Serpent
Element
Water
Constellations
Moon · Leviathan

The myth

Charybdis was the whirlpool monster living beneath a rock in a sea strait, opposite Scylla's cave. In the Odyssey, Circe warns Odysseus that three times a day she sucks down the dark water and three times she spews it up, and that not even Poseidon could save anyone caught there. A great fig tree grew above her. After losing his ship, Odysseus was dragged back to Charybdis and escaped only by clinging to the fig tree until she gave back the remains of his raft. Ancient writers placed her in the Strait of Messina, between Sicily and Italy.

Why it has this power

A Common level-4 card with 1300 ATK and 1500 DEF: the higher defense reflects a danger that chases no one and simply waits for you to come near. A Water Serpent, it bears the Moon and Leviathan constellations of tides and the abyss. It fuses with Six-Necked Scylla to form the Deadly Strait.

Did you know

The Strait of Messina really does have strong currents and whirlpools, which may have inspired the legend.

Connections

Where to get it

  • Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 40 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. CHARYBDIS (Kharybdis) - Whirlpool Monster of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  2. Odyssey, Book 12 — Homer (trans. A. T. Murray), Theoi Classical Texts Library
  3. Scylla and Charybdis: The Monsters Who Guarded Sicily (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright