Which Monster of Mythology would win in a Battle Royale?

[CartesianFart]

I second on the Hydra,it seems immortal since it grows back body parts everytime you chop it off.

 

[El_Machinae]

Especially when it lasts for more than four hours.

"Take a match and extinguish it on your wrist. The pain should cause ..." you to not be stone anymore

The Golem, for the simple reason that it's animated by the will and power of God Himself. No point creating a guardian of the Chosen People if some lamp-dwelling, dress-wearing sissy can stomp on it.

Okay, you lost me at 'lamp-dwelling'

 

[Raisin Bran]

I second on the Hydra,it seems immortal since it grows back body parts everytime you chop it off.

you need to attack it with mental spells.

Psionic ennemies would kill it in a second e.g.: mindflayer.

 

[Rambuchan]

It's really just mythology in general, but the Greek multi-beasts are the best.

Following on from my post above about Hindu demons, check this mother out (first on the list I gave):

Vritra was one of the asuras, perhaps the most powerful of them all. His name means "Enveloper." He was a dragon or serpent who was said to be so huge that his coils surrounded mountains, and his head touched the sky. He was the bringer of drought, and his chief enemy was Indra.

In the Rig Veda, Vritra was a terrible fiend who gathered all the waters of the world into himself and cause a drought to cover the whole earth. The world became a wasteland. In a distant land, he hid in his fortress, hording his treasure so that the world drew ever more parched. Finally, Indra, who would become the king of the gods, was born. He took it upon himself to attack the demon and release the waters. Drinking immense amounts of Soma to give him the strength necessary, he set off to find his foe. First Indra stormed Vritra's ninety-nine fortresses, razing each in turn, then he met Vritra himself. The two fought a terrible battle, and in the end, Vritra was destroyed by Indra's thunderbolt. Indra then released the waters to flow back to the world.

In later times, the story changed dramatically, giving Vritra a much more sympathetic part. There was a Brahman named Tvashtri, who had a son named Trisiras. Indra was afraid of Trisiras, and ultimately slew him with his thunderbolt. Tvashtri wanted revenge, and created the demon Vritra to achieve it. Vritra challenged Indra, and was able to defeat the god and swallow him. The other gods were afraid at the loss of their king, and they conceived a plan to free him. They forced the demon to gag, and when he did, Indra sprang forth again and the battle continued. But Indra was still no match for his foe, and was compelled to flee. With the intervention of the rishis and Vishnu, a truce was agreed upon, but only if Indra agreed never to attack Vritra again with any weapon made of wood, metal, or stone, with anything dry or wet, or at any time during the day or night. Indra agreed but still wanted to slay Vritra. One day, he was by the sea. The sun was going down, and in the twilight a huge wave washed up on the shore, spraying a great column of foam. It was, at that time, neither day nor night. Indra realized that the foam from the sea was not wood, stone, or metal, nor was wet or dry. He seized the foam and brought it crashing down on the demon, who fell dead, for the foam was actually Vishnu incarnate.

In another version of the story, Vritra was killed by the mother goddess Sarasvati.

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/vritra.html

The word "badass" comes to mind.

 

[~Corsair#01~]

Hydra. Snakes in a lake.

Mythology fuses spirituality and magic with reality, so I expect Hydra could quite easily eat a djinn.

 

[Masquerouge]

The basilisk would freeze everything with its stare!

I mean, nobody can beat that:
" and legends, a basilisk (from the Greek βάσιλισκός basiliskos, a little king, in Latin Regulus) is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents and said to have the power of causing death by a single glance. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk is a small snake that is so venomous that it leaves a wide trail of deadly venom in its wake, and its gaze is likewise lethal.

There are three descriptions to the image of the basilisk: a huge lizard, a giant snake or a three-foot high cockerel with a snake's tail and teeth, all of which are shared with the cockatrice. It is called "king" because it is reputed to have on its head a mitre- or crown-shaped crest. Stories of the basilisk place it in the same general family as the cockatrice. The basilisk is fabulously alleged to be hatched by a cockerel from the egg of a serpent (the reverse of the cockatrice, which was hatched from a hen's egg incubated by a serpent's nest). In Medieval Europe, the description of the creature began taking on features from cockerels. Geoffrey Chaucer featured a basilicok (as he called it) in his Canterbury Tales. According to some legends, basilisks can be killed by hearing the crow of a rooster or gazing at itself through a mirror.

Stories gradually added to the basilisk's deadly capabilities, such as describing it as a larger beast, capable of breathing fire and killing with the sound of its voice. Some writers even claimed that it could kill not only by touch, but also by touching something that is touching the victim, like a sword held in their hand. Also, some stories claim their breath is highly toxic and will cause death, usually, immediately. The Basilisk is also the guardian creature of the Swiss city Basel."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk

Nobody can beat the Basilisk, except a rooster, or a mirror, which are not on the list.
Case closed.

Plus it's the freakin' guardian creature OF BASEL! That's right! Wanna mess with a Swiss merc?

 

[Brighteye]

It's a toss up between the basilisk, djinn, gorgon and golem.

Tricky, but I've gone for the basilisk.

What are Oni, Lamia, teng and Naga?

Aren't they griffons and rocs?

 

[Veritass]

It all depends on the bracketing. Sure, the basilisk is a great pick to go all the way, but he could go up against a smart djinn and get knocked out in the first round when the djinn turns himself into a rooster or mirror.

 

[brennan]

Pah, neither the basilisk nor the Gorgon could affect the Banshee or Golem.

 

[GinandTonic]

Well the Pheonix cant die so we have a clear winner. Peck the others to death even if it took millenia...

 

[brennan]

The Phoenix can die, it is just reborn from it's own ashes. So no cremation and we have a winner...

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Im voting for the enraged Pantomime Princess Margaret.

 

[GinandTonic]

"Princess Margaret comes back to life - Gordens Gin shares soar" Shocker

 

[Taliesin]

Okay, you lost me at 'lamp-dwelling'

I was referring pejoratively to the djinni.

 

[Masquerouge]

It all depends on the bracketing. Sure, the basilisk is a great pick to go all the way, but he could go up against a smart djinn and get knocked out in the first round when the djinn turns himself into a rooster or mirror.

Are you kidding? Before the djinn has time to do anything, he would be killed simply because the basilisk would have looked at it. That's not even considering the deadply poison this nasty beast exudes at will.

Come on, this thing kills AT A GLANCE!

 

[MobBoss]

Pah, neither the basilisk nor the Gorgon could affect the Banshee or Golem.

Well, in a "battle royal" they might not have to. I interpret the OPs contest to be one in which all of the contenstant monsters are tossed into the arena all at once....a sort of a monster thunder-dome....and we see which is the last one standing.

In that scenario, your banshee or golem could very well be crushed underfoot by another baddie and not even face the gorgon or basilisk.

Also, in that type of scenario, you could run it a number of times and dependent upon pure chance, end up with several different outcomes.

 

[El_Machinae]

Pah, neither the basilisk nor the Gorgon could affect the Banshee or Golem.

Where do you think statues of ghosts come from?

 

[Rambuchan]

Well, in a "battle royal" they might not have to. I interpret the OPs contest to be one in which all of the contenstant monsters are tossed into the arena all at once....a sort of a monster thunder-dome....and we see which is the last one standing.

In that scenario, your banshee or golem could very well be crushed underfoot by another baddie and not even face the gorgon or basilisk.

Also, in that type of scenario, you could run it a number of times and dependent upon pure chance, end up with several different outcomes.

Way to sit on the fence MobBoss.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Where do you think statues of ghosts come from?

Looks like a sad tooth.

 

[Rambuchan]

Looks like a sad tooth.

Looks like a reject from the Ghostbusters casting couch.