Top Ten Facts: 1. Cerberus is a three-headed dog who lives in the underworld. 2. Cerberus is the son of Typhon, a dragon-like creature, and Echidna, the half woman/half serpent. 3. He guards the river Styx, which is the boundary between the realm of the dead and Earth. 4. Cerberus is feared by the spirits in the Underwood and he devours anyone that dares to get passed him. 5. Some people believe that his shape is of the hounds that sweep the fields after war and tore at the bodies of dead warriors. 6. Along with his three heads, he also has a hissing serpent mane and a sweeping, spiky dragon tail. 7. Cerberus was blood-thirsty and vicious when it came to fresh meat and for that reason he guards the river Styx. 8. Among the few living that have gotten past him were Aeneas, Orpheus, and Hercules. 9. While struggling with Hercules some of Cerberus’ salvia dropped to the ground and sprouted a poisonous plant called aconite. 10. Some believe that his heads represent birth, adulthood, and old age while others think the heads have power to see into the past, present and future.
Guard Duty Cerberus, the dog, is a monster with three head
Echidna, his mother, and Typhon, his father, were both monsters. Resembles them both with a serpent mane and a dragon-like tail. Bound to the land of the dead, he guards the river Styx. Eating souls that escape and tormenting the rest for kicks. Reasonable men stay away for he craves living flesh. Under the domain of Hades, he remains vicious, and blood thirsty never to be tamed. Struggling with Hercules, his blood sprouted a poisonous plant called Aconite.
