what dose he look like?
2006-07-15 00:27:30 · 6 answers · asked by astao 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Cerberus
by Micha F. Lindemans
In Greek mythology, the three-headed watchdog who guards the entrance to the lower world, the Hades. It is a child of the giant Typhon and Echidna, a monstrous creature herself, being half woman and half snake.
Originally, the dog was portrayed having fifty or hundred heads but was later pictured with only three heads (and sometimes with the tail of a serpent). Cerberus permitted new spirits to enter the realm of dead, but allowed none of them to leave. Only a few ever managed to sneak past the creature, among which Orpheus, who lulled it to sleep by playing his lyre, and Heracles, who brought it to the land of the living for a while (being the last of his Twelve Labors).
In Roman mythology, the Trojan prince Aeneas and Psyche were able to pacify it with honey cake. (See also: Garm.)
2006-07-15 01:30:19 · answer #1 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huge multi-headed dog,with a mane and tail of snakes,that guarede the entrance to Hades.
2006-07-15 07:35:56 · answer #2 · answered by dianed33 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of mangy lately, but we intend to have that treated by the vet when we take him in for worming.
2006-07-15 08:18:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All living people who have actually seen this dog have been dead a long time.
2006-07-15 10:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by Nerdly Stud 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got a picture for you.
2006-07-15 08:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by Inçi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a dog i think.
2006-07-15 07:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by propps72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋