Cerberus: A Life In Greek Mythology

In ancient, or Greek times dogs weren’t thought of the same as they are today. Back then they were thought of as wild animals that ran in packs on the edge of town who scavenged. But this dog wasn’t the same, Cerberus was huge three headed hellhound dog with lion claws and a mane of snakes. Cerberus’s name comes from the Greek word Kerberos, which means spotted. And as everybody knew Cerberus for his occupation. He was the watchdog or guard of Hades. You can even spot Cerberus on the job during the Disney movie Hercules.

Cerberus had many people in his life. He had his mother, Echidna. Echidna is a half - woman, half - snake monster. She was known as the “ mother of all monsters”. Next would be his father Typhon. Typhon is a deadly

Hades is a deep dark sacrey underworld where spirits of the dead are permitted to enter but none to leave. Cerberus Enjoyed hunting along the banks of the Styx River for any souls the tried to escape Hades. Styx River is the boundary between the realm of the dead and Earth. Strange thing about Cerberus, Since there wasn’t a constant flow of dead souls coming into Hades Cerberus would get bored. Which then resulted him to get excited about new arrivals of deceased. Another weird thing about Hades is that in vampire mythology it’s said that there is a container of vampire souls in Hades. Vampires were allowed to enter Hades since they were already dead, but just like dead humans once they entered Hades they were not allowed to exit. common one was when he was defeated by Hercules. When Hercules fought Cerberus with his bare hands and won on the shore of Acheron. That one was pretty epic. The next one was when Orpheus defeated Cerberus by putting Cerberus to sleep by playing his lyre. A lyre is a type of instrument. And the last one was when Orpheus beat him a second time by drugging Cerberus through a cake. Which then followed Cerberus to fall