Geography/Culture: Greek.
Description: Shapeshifting Goddess of the spring and summer moons; Destructive Sea-bitch Goddess of reefs, clashing-rocks and dangerous currents; Death-hound; Barking monster with six heads and twelve feet; Drowner of sailors.
To Whom Sacred: octopus; ciris fish; and/or ciris-bird (purple breast, red legs); owl; hunting-dogs; questing noise like the wimpering of puppies; Maera the Lesser Dog-star and human sacrifice at its rising.
Male Associates: Lovers: Poseidon and Glaucus. In a mortal form She loved Minos.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Some say Daughter of Echidne, She-Viper.
• Sometimes called one of the Phorcides, {Sea-Sow's-Children}, Who are linked with Marpessa, Snatcher.
• Aspect, or some say Daughter, of Hecate, She-Who-Works-From-Afar.
• She is associated with Charybdis, The-Sucker-Down. {I think I recollect that the Pillars of Hercules were known as Scylla, She-Who-Rends, and Charybdis, The-Sucker-Down, because the waters there could be so dangerous, precipitous.}
• Some say Daughter of Lamia, Greedy-One, Who is linked with Lamashtu, Mother-of-Deities.
• Also called Maera, Glistening, below.

Geography/Culture: Greek.
Linguistic Note: from Greek? maira, the Sparkler, that is, the dog-star.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Erigone, Plentiful-Offspring, is associated with Maera, Glistening, in some way.
• Variant, Maira,
• One of the Nereides, Wet-Ones, (Who are linked with Thetis, Disposer), is known by this name.
• Alternate name for Greek Scylla, She-Who-Rends, above.