Mother Hydra is a gigantic creature, and alongside her consort Dagon is said to rule over the Lovecraftian race known as the Deep Ones.
There is ambiguity as to whether or not Mother Hydra is a lesser Great Old One or merely a grotesquely mutated Deep One - though the latter seems more likely as she does not seem to show much in the way of supernatural power outside her gigantic size and unnaturally long life span.
Mother Hydra also acted as the main antagonist and final boss of the 2005 video game Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. She is in a large room with an energy shield around her and groups of Deep Ones defending her. To beat her, the player must take control of a Deep One through psychic powers and flip switches to shut off her shield. They can then use the powerful Yithian Energy Cannon to electrocute her to death.