Mušmaḫḫū Mušmaḫḫū Mušmaḫḫū, inscribed in Sumerian as MUŠ.MAḪ, Akkadian as "muš-ma-ḫu", meaning "Exalted/distinguished Serpent", was an ancient Mesopotamian mythological hybrid of serpent, lion and bird, sometimes identified with the seven-headed serpent slain by Ninurta in the mythology of the Sumerian period. He is one of the three horned snakes, with his companions, Bašmu and Ušumgallu, with whom he may have shared a common mythological origin. In "Angim" or "Ninurta's return to Nippur", the storm god describes one of his weapons as "the seven-mouthed muš-mah serpent" (line 138), reminiscent of the Greek myth of Heracles and the seven headed Lernaean Hydra he
Ceyx of Trachis Ceyx of Trachis In Greek mythology, Ceyx (; Ancient Greek: Κήϋξ, "Kēüx") was a king of Trachis in Thessaly. He received Heracles, and Heracles's sons later fled to him. Some accounts make him Amphitryon's nephew, with Heracles building Trachis for him. Muller supposes that the marriage of Ceyx and his connection with Heracles were the subjects of ancient poems. Ceyx befriended Heracles and offered him protection against King Eurystheus. Ceyx's son Hippasus accompanied Heracles on his campaign against King Eurytus of Oechalia, during which Hippasus was slain in battle. Ceyx also had a daughter named Themistonoe, who married King Cycnus.