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In Greek mythology, Cerberus (/ ˈ s ɜːr b ər ə s / [2] or / ˈ k ɜːr b ər ə s /; Ancient Greek: Κέρβερος Kérberos), often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.
Cerberus, a Cretan man who along with three others (Aegolius, Celeus and Laius) attempted to steal honey from the sacred cave in Crete, where Zeus had been brought up. Zeus intended to kill them for the insolence, but because the cave was sacred, he turned them into birds; Cerberus became a kerberos, an unidentified species of bird. [5]
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII [b] is a 2006 action role-playing third-person shooter video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. [1] It is part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII metaseries , a multimedia collection set within the universe of Final Fantasy VII .
HMS Cerberus, the name of several Royal Navy ships; HMVS Cerberus, an 1871 warship under various British Commonwealth aegises Cerberus-class monitor; Operation Cerberus, German codename for a World War II naval engagement in the English Channel; Project Cerberus, an airborne early warning capability on Royal Navy Westland Sea King helicopters
According to Hesiod, Cerberus, like Orthrus was the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. And like Orthrus, Cerberus was multi-headed. The earliest accounts gave Cerberus fifty, [20] or even one hundred heads, [21] though in literature three heads for Cerberus became the standard. [22] However, in art, often only two heads for Cerberus are shown. [23]
The Fifth Head of Cerberus is the title of both a novella and a single-volume collection of three novellas, written by American science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe, both published in 1972. The novella was included in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Eight .
Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack L. Chalker. [1] First published as a paperback in 1982, it is the second book in the Four Lords of the Diamond series. It continues the saga started in Lilith: A Snake in the Grass , and is followed by Charon: A Dragon at the Gate and Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail '.