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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.
Goddess Hel and the hellhound Garmr by Johannes Gehrts, 1889. A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld.. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best-known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs of English folklore, and the fairy hounds of Celtic mythol
This is a list of dogs from mythology, including dogs, beings who manifest themselves as dogs, beings whose anatomy includes dog parts, and so on. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological dogs .
Earliest records of the dog indicate that it may be from the Toltec people in Mexico during the 9th century, having been a descendant of a mute toy dog called the Techichi.
The dog that gained widespread attention after climbing one of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza has successfully descended and is safe again with his fellow four-legged friends. Paramotor ...
Although technically, every dog breed has links to ancient ancestors, the Akita's direct lineage is especially long and consistent. These Japanese dogs are descendants of hunting dogs called ...
Hades and Cerberus, in Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1888. Hades, as the god of the dead, was a fearsome figure to those still living; in no hurry to meet him, they were reluctant to swear oaths in his name, and averted their faces when sacrificing to him. Since to many, simply to say the word "Hades" was frightening, euphemisms were pressed ...
Orthrus bears a close resemblance to Cerberus, the hound of Hades. The classical scholar Arthur Bernard Cook called Orthrus Cerberus' "doublet". [19] According to Hesiod, Cerberus, like Orthrus was the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. And like Orthrus, Cerberus was multi-headed.