Hydra Tetrakephalos - Four Headed. Her fourth head was sometimes seen as a hydra. From whence they (viz.

the Chaldean tradition) hand down the mystical doctrine concerning the four elements and four-headed Hekate. For the fire-breating head of a horse is clearly raised towards the sphere of fire, and the head of a bull, which snorts like some bellowing spirit (daimonion), is raised towards the sphere of air, and the head of a hydra as being of sharp and unstable nature is raised towards the sphere of water, and that of a dog as having a punishing and avenging nature is raised towards the sphere of earth. (1)

Sources: (1) Knoll P.30 n1 - Lydus De Mensibus (ed Wunsch) Leipzig 1898. pp41, 20-42, 4, taken from the book, THE GODDESS HEKATE, edited by Stephen Ronan, section on the CHALDEAN HEKATE by S. Ronan, pgs 79 - 150