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noun
Typhon  n.  (Class. Mythol.)
1.
According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him. Note: By modern writers, Typhon is identified with the Egyptian Set, who represents physical evil.
2.
A violent whirlwind; a typhoon. (Obs.) "The circling typhon whirled from point to point."





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... those personified agencies have been systematized under the titles of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, Crishna, &c. Among the Egyptians, they were worshipped in the forms of living animals, and called Osiris, Ammon, Oris, Typhon, Isis, &c. Among the Chaldeans, and, after them, among the Jews, they were classed in principalities, powers, and dominions of angels and devils, under chiefs, who bore the names of Raphael, Gabriel, Michael, ...
— A Morning's Walk from London to Kew • Richard Phillips


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