What is Cerberus in mythology? Cerberus is a hero of ancient and medieval literature. The Dog of Hades from Hell.
And Gaea), a three-headed dog with a poisonous mixture flowing from its mouth (Theogony 310; Hyginus. Myths 151). Cerberus guarded the exit from the kingdom of the dead Hades, not allowing the dead to return to the world of the living. However, this creature of amazing strength was defeated by Hercules in one of his labors.
Cerberus had the appearance of a three-headed dog with a snake tail, snake heads on his back, as creepy as his mother. According to other descriptions, he has 50 heads, or 100 heads, and in other mythology he is depicted with a powerful human body and arms and one head of a mad dog. In one of the hands is the severed head of a bull, which killed with its breath, and in the other hand the head of a goat, which struck victims with its gaze. In works of vase painting it was sometimes depicted as double-headed.
Before his descent into the kingdom of the dead, Hercules was initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, then Cora accepted him as a brother. Hercules defeated Cerberus with the help of Hermes and Athena. Cerberus vomited from the daylight, and the foam of his mouth produced the herb aconite. Hercules, when he brought out Cerberus, was crowned with the foliage of a silver poplar. Hercules, taking him out of Hades, showed him to Eurystheus, but then returned him back. It was after this feat that Eurystheus released Hercules.
Etymology
According to one version, ancient Greek Kerberos may correspond to Sanskrit सर्वरा sarvarā, epithet of one of the dogs of the god Yama, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerberos"spotted".
Another etymology is proposed by Bruce Lincoln. He brings together the name of Cerberus with the name of the guard dog Garm (Old Scandinavian Garmr), known from Scandinavian mythology, tracing both names to a Proto-Indo-European root *ger-"to growl" (possibly with suffixes -*m/*b And -*r). Brothers and sisters. Orf, twin brother, two-headed and two-tailed dog. Orff was guarding Geryon's cattle and was killed by Hercules during his abduction. Hydra (Lernaean Hydra) - a monster born of Typhon and Echidna, has a hundred snake heads, defeated by Hercules. And the Chimera, a monster with three heads: a lion, a goat and a snake, born of Echidna and Typhon. She was killed by Bellerophon.
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Notes
- in Russian in XVIII century, the form Cerberus entered in accordance with Late Latin pronunciation; however, since the 1920s, translations from ancient Greek and classical studies have been dominated by the form Kerber
- Myths of the peoples of the world. M., 1991-92. In 2 volumes. T.1. P.640
- Notes by M. L. Gasparov in the book. Pindar. Bacchylides. Odes. Fragments. M., 1980. P.480
- Hesiod. Theogony 769-774
- Hesiod. Theogony 312
- Horace. Odes II 13, 33
- Notes by V. G. Borukhovich in the book. Apollodorus. Mythological library. L., 1972. P. 154; Klein L. S. Anatomy of the Iliad. St. Petersburg, 1998. P.351
- Lycophron. Alexandra 1327
- Diodorus Siculus. Historical library IV 25, 1; 26, 1
- Euripides. Hercules 613-615
- Homer. Odyssey XI 623-626, in Homer three-headedness is not mentioned, in Zhukovsky it is inaccurate
- Ovid. Metamorphoses VII 419; First Vatican Mythographer I 57, 2
- Theocritus. Idylls II 120; Notes by M.E. Grabar-Passek in the book. Theocritus. Moskh. Bion. Idylls and epigrams. M., 1998. P.253
- Pseudo-Apollodorus. Mythological Library II 5, 12; Gigin. Myths 30
- Pausanias. Description of Hellas II 31, 2; 35, 11
- Strabo. Geography VIII 5, 1 (p.363)
- Pausanias. Description of Hellas IX 34.5
- Xenophon. Anabasis VI 2, 2
- Virgil. Aeneid VI 417-423
- The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. - Oxford University Press, 2006. - P. 411. - ISBN 0199287910.
- Lincoln Bruce. Death, war, and sacrifice: studies in ideology and practice. - Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. - P. 289. - ISBN 9780226481999.
- Scholium to Homer. Odyssey XIX 518 // Losev A.F. Mythology of the Greeks and Romans. M., 1996. P.126
- Theophrastus, fr.113 = Strabo. Geography X 4, 12 (p. 478)
- Hecataeus, fr.27 Jacobi = Pausanias. Description of Hellas III 25, 5
- Palefat. About the incredible 39
- Heraclitus the allegorist. About the incredible 33
- See Fulgentius. Mythologies I 6
Literature
- Kretschmar, Freda. Hundestammvater und Kerberos, Bd 1-2. - Stuttgart: Strecker und Schröder, 1938.(German)
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Excerpt characterizing Cerberus
- Try me for crime - oh! Give me some more water - let them judge, but I will, I will always beat the scoundrels, and I will tell the sovereign. Give me some ice,” he said.The regimental doctor who came said that it was necessary to bleed. A deep plate of black blood came out of Denisov’s shaggy hand, and only then was he able to tell everything that happened to him.
“I’m coming,” Denisov said. - “Well, where is your boss here?” Shown. Would you like to wait? “I have work, I came 30 miles away, I don’t have time to wait, report.” Okay, this chief thief comes out: he also decided to teach me: This is robbery! - “Robbery, I say, is committed not by the one who takes provisions to feed his soldiers, but by the one who takes it to put it in his pocket!” So would you like to remain silent? "Fine". Sign, he says, with the commission agent, and your case will be handed over to the command. I come to the commission agent. I enter - at the table... Who?! No, just think!...Who is starving us, - Denisov shouted, hitting the table with the fist of his sore hand, so hard that the table almost fell and the glasses jumped on it, - Telyanin! “What, are you starving us?!” Once, once in the face, deftly it was necessary... “Ah... with this and that and... began to roll. But I was amused, I can say,” Denisov shouted, baring his white teeth joyfully and angrily from under his black mustache. “I would have killed him if they hadn’t taken him away.”
“Why are you shouting, calm down,” Rostov said: “here the blood is starting again.” Wait, I need to bandage it. Denisov was bandaged and put to bed. The next day he woke up cheerful and calm. But at noon, the regimental adjutant with a serious and sad face came to the common dugout of Denisov and Rostov and with regret showed a uniform paper to Major Denisov from the regimental commander, in which inquiries were made about yesterday's incident. The adjutant reported that the matter was about to take a very bad turn, that a military judicial commission had been appointed and that with real severity regarding the looting and high-handedness of the troops, in happy occasion, the matter may end in demotion.
The case was presented by those offended in such a way that, after the transport was recaptured, Major Denisov, without any summons, came to the chief of provisions in a drunken state, called him a thief, threatened him with beatings, and when he was taken out, he rushed into the office and beat up two officials and one of them sprained his arm.
Denisov, in response to Rostov’s new questions, laughingly said that it seemed like someone else had turned up here, but that it was all nonsense, nonsense, that he didn’t even think of being afraid of any courts, and that if these scoundrels dare to bully him, he would answer them so that they will remember.
Denisov spoke disparagingly about this whole matter; but Rostov knew him too well not to notice that in his soul (hiding it from others) he was afraid of the trial and was tormented by this matter, which, obviously, was supposed to have bad consequences. Every day, requests for papers and demands to the court began to arrive, and on the first of May Denisov was ordered to surrender the squadron to his senior man and appear at the division headquarters for explanations in the case of rioting in the provisions commission. On the eve of this day, Platov made reconnaissance of the enemy with two Cossack regiments and two squadrons of hussars. Denisov, as always, rode ahead of the line, flaunting his courage. One of the bullets fired by the French riflemen hit him in the flesh of his upper leg. Maybe at another time Denisov would not have left the regiment with such a light wound, but now he took advantage of this opportunity, refused to report to the division and went to the hospital.
In June, the Battle of Friedland took place, in which the Pavlograd residents did not participate, and after it a truce was declared. Rostov, who deeply felt the absence of his friend, having had no news about him since his departure and worrying about the progress of his case and his wounds, took advantage of the truce and asked to go to the hospital to visit Denisov.
The hospital was located in a small Prussian town, twice devastated by Russian and French troops. Precisely because it was in the summer, when it was so nice in the field, this place, with its broken roofs and fences and its dirty streets, ragged inhabitants and drunken and sick soldiers wandering around it, presented a particularly gloomy sight.
In a stone house, in a courtyard with the remains of a dismantled fence, some broken frames and glass, there was a hospital. Several bandaged, pale and swollen soldiers walked and sat in the courtyard in the sun.
As soon as Rostov entered the door of the house, he was overwhelmed by the smell of a rotting body and a hospital. On the stairs he met a Russian military doctor with a cigar in his mouth. A Russian paramedic followed the doctor.
“I can’t burst,” said the doctor; - Come to Makar Alekseevich in the evening, I’ll be there. – The paramedic asked him something else.
- Eh! do as you please! Doesn't it matter? - The doctor saw Rostov going up the stairs.
- Why are you here, your honor? - said the doctor. - Why are you here? Or the bullet didn’t kill you, so you want to get typhus? Here, father, is the house of lepers.
- From what? - asked Rostov.
- Typhus, father. Whoever rises is dead. Only the two of us with Makeev (he pointed to the paramedic) are chattering here. At this point, about five of our brother doctors died. “When the new one arrives, he’ll be ready in a week,” the doctor said with visible pleasure. “They called Prussian doctors, because our allies don’t like that.”
Rostov explained to him that he wanted to see the hussar major Denisov lying here.
- I don’t know, I don’t know, father. Just think, I have three hospitals for one person, 400 patients are too many! It’s also good, the Prussian ladies who are benefactors send us coffee and lint at two pounds a month, otherwise they would be lost. - He laughed. – 400, father; and they keep sending me new ones. After all, there are 400? A? – he turned to the paramedic.
The paramedic looked exhausted. He was apparently waiting with annoyance to see how soon the chattering doctor would leave.
“Major Denisov,” Rostov repeated; – he was wounded near Moliten.
- It seems he died. Eh, Makeev? – the doctor asked the paramedic indifferently.
The paramedic, however, did not confirm the doctor’s words.
- Why is he so long and reddish? - asked the doctor.
Rostov described Denisov's appearance.
“There was, there was one,” the doctor said as if joyfully, “this one must have died, but I can handle it, I had the lists.” Do you have it, Makeev?
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Or Kerberus (Κέρβερος). See Hell. (Source: “A Brief Dictionary of Mythology and Antiquities.” M. Korsh. St. Petersburg, published by A. S. Suvorin, 1894.) Cerberus (Kerberus) a monstrous three-headed dog with a snake tail, guarding the entrance to the underground... ... Encyclopedia of Mythology
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CERBERUS, Cerberus, husband. (from the Greek personal name Kerberos). 1. In ancient Greek mythology, an evil dog guarding the entrance to hell. 2. transfer An evil, ferocious guard, restricting freedom, watching every step (book neod.). Dictionary Ushakova. D.N. Ushakov... Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary
CERBERUS, huh, husband. (book). Evil, ferocious taskmaster, guardian [original. in ancient Greek mythology: a three-headed dog guarding the doors of hell]. Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 … Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary
- (more correctly Kerber, Cerberus, KerberoV) in Greek mythology, an underground dog guarding the entrance to the kingdom of Hades. Homer already knew such a dog, but with the name Ts. he was mentioned for the first time by Hesiod. As shadows pass into the underground kingdom, Ts. gently wags... ... Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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Origin mythological creatures inextricably linked with the religions of ancient peoples. According to the treatises of the great ancient Greek philosophers, Cerberus is the name of a watchdog who is a faithful servant of Hades.
Cerberus - a character from Greek mythology
Characteristics
The main feature of the hellhound is his appearance and incredible loyalty to his master Hades.
The three-headed creature instills fear in the hearts of people, but also involuntary respect for his devotion.
Even today, his name is a common noun, meaning a proud and unapproachable guardian.
Name
There are several sources explaining what Cerberus is. The Ancient Greek dictionary translates this word as spotted monster. Translated from Latin, it means “devourer of the souls of the dead.”
Another interpretation brings Cerberus closer to the guard dog Garm, who guards Helheim - world of the dead. In this case, both words are traced back to the Proto-Indo-European root “ger-,” which translates as “to growl.”
For the ancient Greeks, Cerberus always signified danger. This gave rise to many superstitions regarding ordinary dogs.
Origin
The Hellhound is the monstrous offspring of the hundred-headed dragon Typhon and Echidna - a monster combining the features of a woman and a snake. Like all their descendants, he was born to bring pain and suffering to ordinary people.
But the gods had mercy and assigned this monster to guard the passage to Tartarus, so that no one alive would enter there, and no one dead would come out.
In addition to his other brothers and sisters, he has a brother, Orff, with whom he is often confused. This is also a dog, but two-headed, which served the giant Geryon and guarded his red bulls.
His other siblings include:
- Nemean Lion;
- Ephon.
Appearance
The typical image of Cerberus changed over the years until a stable image emerged.
According to him, appearance dogs have the following characteristics:
- The height reaches 3 m.
- Its three heads are equipped with poisonous, sharp fangs.
- Where his saliva dripped onto the ground, plants grew - wolfsbane.
- His tail is replaced by a monstrous snake.
- The same snakes hang all over his body instead of fur.
- All three heads have a killer look.
In some sources, his appearance changes. So, instead of 3 heads there can be 1, 50 or even 100. Sometimes some of them are not dogs, but belong to lions, snakes or even humans.
There is also a description of it in the form of a chimera: the body is human, and the head is a dog. In one hand he held the severed head of a bull, and in the other - a goat.
However, the most common description of its appearance is that of a three-headed dog.
Some sources suggest that the 3 heads serve as symbols of the past, present and future. Others believe that these are symbols of childhood, youth and old age.
Purpose
Cerberus is a guard dog in Greek mythology. He guarded the gates to the kingdom of Hades, not letting out the souls of dead people. Situated on the banks of the River Styx, where the border between Earth and Hell passed, he tirelessly fulfilled his duty.
According to the philosopher Hesiod, he greeted new arrivals with joyful barks and wagging tails, but woe to those who dared to return back.
However, over time, people began to associate it only with anger. They believed that the torment of the soul in the Underworld began with the bite of Cerberus.
Cerberus sits on the banks of the River Styx
Legends of Cerberus
Myths ancient Greece, where Cerberus is mentioned, are quite common. However, among them there are 3 most common ones.
- The twelfth labor of Hercules.
- Rescue of Eurydice.
- Sibyl and Aeneas.
12th labor of Hercules
Hellhound is one of the main characters in the last labor of Hercules. According to legend, King Eurystheus demanded that a three-headed monster be delivered to his palace, guarding the border between the worlds of the living and the dead.
The Lord of the Underworld, Hades, allowed Hercules to bring the dog to the surface, but on one condition: he had to defeat Cerberus with his bare hands.
Thanks to his strength and skin Nemean Lion, which covered him from the bites of the poisonous tail, Hercules managed to defeat the monster. Having tied him tightly, he carried the dog to the king. Eurystheus did not expect that the hero would cope with this assignment and, seeing Cerberus on the threshold of his house, began to beg Hercules to bring him back.
Rescue of Eurydice
Another myth where the three-headed guard appears is the love story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
The Thracian singer, who had no equal, was happily married to the nymph Eurydice. But Hera was jealous of their love and sent a snake. Bitten by a poisonous creature, the nymph soon died, and the grief-stricken Orpheus no longer saw the meaning in life.
Desperate, he decided on a crazy act - he would go down to Tartarus to return his beloved from the captivity of Hades.
He charmed the ferryman with his playing of the lyre souls of the dead Charon, who took him on his boat straight to the entrance to the world of the dead.
The three-headed watchman also did not remain indifferent to Orpheus’ skill. As soon as the melody sounded, he obediently lay down on the ground and let the man into the underworld.
Hades and his wife Persephone allowed Orpheus to rescue his wife, but with one condition: he must not look back until he was in the lands of the living.
Orpheus could not resist and looked back, and at that very moment he turned into a ghost, forever chained to Tartarus.
Sibyl and Aeneas
During his journey, the great hero Aeneas, on the advice of the Cumaean Sibyl, descends to Tartarus to learn about his fate. A fortuneteller helps him get through Cerberus. She feeds the guard a honey gingerbread soaked in a decoction of sleepy grass.
Like many creatures in mythology, Cerberus is partial to sweet offerings, so this is the easiest way to get past him.
Mention in other cultures
In the mythology of other countries there are creatures similar to Cerberus. Their appearance may differ, but the main purpose remains the same.
Analogues of the Greek hellhound include the following creatures:
- Garm is a chthonic monster in. Looks like a four-eyed dog. Guards the entrance to Helheim, the world of the dead.
- Amt - in Egyptian mythology an evil spirit that devours the souls of dead people. Usually has the appearance of a chimera: the head of a crocodile and the body of a dog.
- Barghest - in the mythology of the northern counties of England, an evil spirit in the form of a huge black dog that serves as a harbinger of death. He guards the soul of a person who will soon die so that it does not escape a fair trial.
- Anubis is the jackal-headed god of embalming and mummification in Egyptian mythology. He is a guide of souls to the kingdom of the dead, their judge and guard.
- Galu - in Sumerian mythology, guardian demons in the form of two-headed dogs that catch the souls of the dead.
- Inugami - or protector in the form of a dog, which is used by magicians of western Japan to cheat death. They collect the souls of dead people and present them to Death instead of the soul of their master.
- Grim - in the folklore of the peoples of Western Europe, it has the appearance of a large black dog. Barghest is similar.
- Dip is the Catalan version of Cerberus.
- Ku Shi - in Scottish folklore, a huge dog that is used to search for and protect the souls of the dead.
- Cun Annwn is the Welsh version of Cerberus.
Anubis - god of mummification
Conclusion
Cerberus is the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. He looks like a three-headed dog with a snake instead of a tail, his fangs exude poison, and his gaze turns to stone. Its purpose is to guard the entrance to Tartarus and prevent the living from entering the world of the dead, and souls from returning back to the world of the living. He recognizes Hades as his only master, whom he serves faithfully.
Cerberus Cerberus (more correctly Kerberus, Cerberus, KerberoV) - in Greek mythology, an underground dog guarding the entrance to the kingdom of Hades. Homer already knew such a dog, but with the name Ts. he was mentioned for the first time by Hesiod. When shadows enter the underworld, Ts. gently wags his tail, but he devours those who try to get out of there. Later, the idea arose that he frightens everyone who enters the afterlife; even the ancients derived the name Kerber from the words khxeV; (souls of the dead) and bibvscw (I devour) or saw in this name a synonym for the word danger (Gesikhiy). According to popular belief (although hardly very ancient), to appease the monster, those entering the underworld offered him honey cakes. In vase drawings and other works of art, Ts. was depicted as an angry shepherd dog; in more ancient times, Ts. was usually depicted with two heads and a snake’s tail (like Geryon’s dog Orfra, who was originally identical with Ts.), sometimes with one head; but with snakes on the back, neck and stomach; later the idea of Ts. as a three-headed dog was established, and (in the Roman era) his middle head was sometimes depicted as a lion’s. In the Hesiodian pheogony, Ts is considered the son of Typhaon and Echidna. Hercules, on the orders of King Eurystheus, was supposed to deliver Ts. from the underground kingdom to earth, which he managed to accomplish; at the same time, in those places where the padalape fell from the monster’s mouth, poisonous aconite grew. BUT.
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Hercules and Cerberus. Italy, Via Latina, catacomb fresco, 4th century AD. Cerberus, more precisely Kerberus (from other Greek Κέρβερος) in Greek mythology ... Wikipedia
- (lat.). Three-headed dog in ancient Rome. mythology, guarding the entrance to the kingdom of Hades; hence the generally vigilant watchman watching every step. Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language. Chudinov A.N., 1910. CERBERUS in Greek. mythol... ... Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language
From ancient Greek mythology. Cerberus is a three-headed dog sitting at the entrance to the kingdom of Hades, the underground abode of the dead. When one head is asleep, the others are awake. He lets everyone freely into Hades, but does not let anyone out. Allegorically: ferocious,... ... Dictionary of popular words and expressions
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Or Kerberus (Κέρβερος). See Hell. (Source: “A Brief Dictionary of Mythology and Antiquities.” M. Korsh. St. Petersburg, published by A. S. Suvorin, 1894.) Cerberus (Kerberus) a monstrous three-headed dog with a snake tail, guarding the entrance to the underground... ... Encyclopedia of Mythology
- (Kerberus) in Greek mythology, a monstrous three-headed dog with a snake tail, guarding the entrance to the underworld. In a figurative sense, a ferocious guard... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
CERBERUS, Cerberus, husband. (from the Greek personal name Kerberos). 1. In ancient Greek mythology, an evil dog guarding the entrance to hell. 2. transfer An evil, ferocious guard, restricting freedom, watching every step (book neod.). Ushakov's explanatory dictionary. D.N. Ushakov... Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary
CERBERUS, huh, husband. (book). Evil, ferocious taskmaster, guardian [original. in ancient Greek mythology: a three-headed dog guarding the doors of hell]. Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 … Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary
Cerberus- a, m., SERBER * cerbère m. lat. Cerberus gr. Kerberos. 1. In ancient Greek mythology, a three-headed dog guarding the entrance to the underworld. BAS 1. To others there were Megaeras, to others flying Dromedaries, to others Dragons and Cerberus, who roared on ... ... Historical Dictionary of Gallicisms of the Russian Language
Cerberus- Ke/rber, a, m. 1) In Greek mythology: evil dog, guardian of Hades. 2) transfer A fierce taskmaster, a vigilant guardian. He is a real Cerberus! Etymology: Latin Cerberus (← Greek Kerberos). Encyclopedic commentary: Cerberus is a monster with three... ... Popular dictionary of the Russian language
Books
- Cerberus, Kumin Vyacheslav. Ron Finist is an ordinary guy living on a peaceful planet. One day, Ron and his friends are kidnapped and, among thousands of the same unfortunates, taken to Cerberus - a planet that has become a testing ground for the creation of...
