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MYTHICAL CREATURES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What mythical creatures had only one eye and one tooth to share amongst themselves?
A
Phidias
B
Dionysus
C
Graeae
D
Cronos
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Greek mythology the Graeae (Ancient Greek: ; /ˈɡriːiː/; English translation: “old women", alternatively spelled Graiai and Graiae) were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Graiai were usually depicted as old crones. According to Aeschylus, however, they were Seiren-shaped monsters with the head and arms of old women and the bodies of swans.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Graeae (English translation: “old women", “grey ones", or “grey witches"; alternatively spelled Graiai () and Graiae) were three sisters who shared one eye and one tooth among them. They are one of several trios of archaic goddesses in Greek mythology. Their names were Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo.

Detailed explanation-4: -They are best remembered for the one eye and one tooth they shared. In Disney’s Hercules, this aspect of their myth is extended to the three Fates, who, like the Graeae, must also share a single eye.

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