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In Greek mythology, Charybdis was the daughter of the Earth goddess Gaia and the sea god Poseidon. She stole the cattle of Hercules, offending Zeus who punished her by sending a thunderbolt. She became turned into a monstrous, formless sea entity like a whirlpool who three times a day sucked the sea into herself and three times spat it out again. She was never seen, but remained in the deep sea. In the Odyssey, Odysseus had to pass between the twin terrors of Charybdis and Scylla.