Ras Kouroun, El-Katieh, or El-Kas, also known as Mount Kasion or Kasion Oros to Greek geographers such as Herodotus who considered it to mark the boundary between Egypt and Syria, is a small mountain near the marshy Lake Bardawil, the "Serbonian Bog" of Herodotus, where Zeus' ancient opponent Typhon was "said to be hidden".
The Babylonian Talmud Hagigah 13b says Sandalphon's head reaches Heaven, which is also said of Israfil and of the Greek monster Typhon, with whom Sandalphon seems to have similar mythological roots.
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Likewise, in the tale depicting the origin of the constellation Capricornus, the Greek god of nature Pan became a fish from the waist down when he jumped into the same river after being attacked by Typhon.
The Lords of Chaos and the Lords of Order appear in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Fate of Equinox!" with Typhon voiced by John DiMaggio and Nabu voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
The Typhon Pact itself has been compared to the Warsaw Pact, and one of the books in the series has been described as an allegory for the Arab Spring.
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Empire magazine considered the Typhon Pact to be the franchise's version of the Warsaw Pact, with the Federation playing the part of NATO.