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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]
Articles relating to Cerberus, his depictions, and his mythical counterparts.He is the hound of Hades, a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.
Heracles and Cerberus Hercules and Cerberus. The twelfth and final labour was the capture of Cerberus, the multi-headed dog that was the guardian of the gates of the Underworld. To prepare for his descent into the Underworld, Heracles went to Eleusis to be initiated in the Eleusinian Mysteries. He entered the Underworld with Hermes and Athena ...
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 '.
Cerberus in the third circle of hell, as depicted by William Blake. The presence of Cerberus in the third circle of hell is another instance of an ancient Greek mythological figure adapted and intensified by Dante; as with Charon and Minos in previous cantos, Cerberus is a figure associated with the Greek underworld in the works of Virgil and Ovid who has been repurposed for its appearance in ...
Keroberos or Cerberus, a character from Cardcaptor Sakura; Kerberos Saga, a science fiction media franchise by Mamoru Oshii; Kerberos Dante, a character from Saint Seiya; Kerberos, the name of a ship in the Netflix series 1899; Kerberos and Kerberos II , two of the Undeads in Kamen Rider Blade
The "Cerberus et Ramus" combination of Cerberus and Ramus Pomifer can be seen in this plate from Urania's Mirror (c. 1825). Cerberus is an obsolete constellation created by Hevelius in the 17th century, whose stars are now included in the constellation Hercules. It was depicted as a three-headed snake that Hercules is holding in his hand. The ...