Heracles with his nephew Lolaus cut off the heads of the hydra and prevented more from growing back by Causterizing the wounds. Then they cut off the immortal head and buried it under a rock. Heracles dipped the arrows in its venom/blood to use as a potent weapon. #folklorefolks#culture

The Hydra has a parallel in Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian myth where the war and hunting god Ninurta slew 11 monsters including a 7-headed serpent which can be associated or the same monster as Mushmahhu and Bashmu. The Bashmu constellation is associated with the Hydra #folklorefolks#culture