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Kerberos

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Also known as Hound of Hades, Cerberos

Fabelwesen der griechischen Mythologie

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Cerberus is a three-headed monster dog from ancient Greek mythology, depicted with snakes coiling from its heads, necks, and front paws. According to the mythological tradition preserved in ancient Greek art, the hero Heracles captured Cerberus as one of his famous labors, as shown in this ancient Greek vase painting from around 530 BC.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,091 inbound references to Kerberos, and connects out to Vatican Mythographers, Homer and Dante Alighieri.

Vinony files it under Cerberus, Characters in Book VI of the Aeneid and Characters in the Divine Comedy.

Vinony links it to 82 Wikipedia language editions.

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Father
Typhon
Mother
Echidna
Sibling
chimera
Image
Cerberus-Blake.jpeg
Said to be same as
Garmr
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Cerberus (mythology)
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
name in native language
Κέρβερος
present in work
Hades
medical condition
polycephaly
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Kerberos (altgriechisch Κέρβερος Kérberos, latinisiert Cerberus, dt. auch Zerberus – „Dämon der Grube“) ist in der griechischen Mythologie ein zumeist mehrköpfiger Höllenhund, der den Eingang zur Unterwelt bewacht, damit kein Lebender eindringt und kein Toter herauskommt.

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