Monster

Cerberus

Κέρβερος

Roman: Cerberus

Overview

Multi-headed hound guarding the entrance to the Underworld.

Monstrous descendants

Three heads, serpent tail, Underworld

Child of Typhon and Echidna.

No children recorded.

Beyond Antiquity

Cerberus still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: A small moon of Pluto.

Kerberos uses the Greek form of the name Cerberus, the three-headed hound guarding the entrance to the Underworld.