A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Singularity at coordinates 3285129.00, 1127797.00, 2701094.00. This and Scylla are the two black holes that are in stable orbit of each other several million hms from Odari.

(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

In Greek mythology, Charybdis or Kharybdis (Greek — Χάρυβδις) was a sea monster, daughter of Poseidon and Gaia. She takes form as a monstrous mouth. She swallows huge amounts of water three times a day and then belches them back out again creating whirlpools.

Charybdis is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae; "Charybdis" is Greek for whirlpool.