Campe

Also called Kampe.

In Greek mythology, Campe is the monstrous jailer who guards the imprisoned Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers in Tartarus until Zeus kills her to free them for the war against the Titans.

Tradition: Greek mythology
Region: Underworld (habitat)
Trait family: The Ward-Holders

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Traits

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Form

Serpentine elongated body
why
calling her a drakaina, a serpent-woman

Behaviour

Underworld gatekeeper
why
Campe appears in the mythographic tradition as the warder set over the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handers, the primordial children of Sky and Earth who had been cast down into Tartarus.

Defensive powers

Guardianship
why
Different sources place her in service to different masters: in some accountings she is described as posted by Cronus to keep the giants confined, while in others her role is left more generally as gaoleress of the Titans' prisoners without specifying who set her there.

Roles

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