Greek · No. 118

Rite of the Corycian Cave

Inspired by: The Corycian cave of Cilicia, where according to Apollodorus Typhon hid the sinews of Zeus, and Typhon as father of the storm winds.

Rite of the Corycian Cave
Three storms, one cave, and the earth remembers what it bore.
Rarity
Rare
Category
Ritual
Effect
Sacrifice 3 monsters with the right materials to summon a ritual monster.

The myth

The rite is a MYTHENOR creation, but the place is mythic. Aeschylus calls Typhon the dweller in the caves of Cilicia, and Apollodorus says that after cutting out Zeus's sinews the monster carried him to the Corycian cave in Cilicia and left the sinews in a bearskin guarded by the she-dragon Delphyne, until Hermes and Aegipan stole them back. Hesiod says the storm winds are born of Typhon. There was also another Corycian cave, on Mount Parnassus near Delphi, sacred to Pan and the nymphs.

Why it has this power

A Rare ritual: with the Aeolian Storm Drakon, the Winged Serpent of Boreas and Aello, the Storm Harpy on your field, all three are offered and Typhon, Father of Monsters, arises. Three storms return to the cave, and the earth remembers what it bore: 3000 attack.

Did you know

In the region of the ancient Corycian cave in Turkey lie two huge natural sinkholes now called Heaven and Hell.

Connections

Where to get it

  • Daily Offering: 0.11% per pack (Rare 2.8% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.69% per pack · 4.2% in the themed pack (Rare 7% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.78% per pack · 4.7% in the themed pack (Rare 8% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 1.3% per pack · 7.9% in the themed pack (Rare 15% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 2% per pack · 12% in the themed pack (Rare 25% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 1.5% of days · 400 gems
  • Craft with card dust: 600 dust

Sources

  1. The Library, Book 1 — Pseudo-Apollodorus (trans. J. G. Frazer), Theoi Classical Texts Library
  2. Prometheus Bound — Aeschylus (trans. H. W. Smyth), Theoi Classical Texts Library
  3. CORYCIAN NYMPHS (Nymphai Korykiai) - Delphian Naiad Nymphs of Greek Mythology — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project