Black Orpheus janitor takes him down a large darkened spiral staircase – a reference to the mythical Orpheus' descent into the underworld – to a Macumba ritual, a regional form of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé. At the gate, there is a dog named Cerberus, after the three-headed dog of Hades in Greek mythology. During the ritual, the janitor tells Orfeu to call to his beloved by singing. The spirit of Eurydice inhabits the body of an old woman and speaks to him. Orfeu wants to gaze upon her, but Eurydice begs him not to lest he lose her forever. When he turns
Hades in popular culture ungrateful towards the gods. A species of burrowing blind snake, "Gerrhopilus hades", is named after the god Hades. Hades in popular culture The mythological Greek deity Hades often appears in popular culture. In 2010, Hades has been in the movies "" played by Steve Coogan, and the remake of "Clash of the Titans" and its sequel "Wrath of the Titans" played by Ralph Fiennes. He is depicted as an antagonist in all three, but is only the central antagonist in "Clash of the Titans". He becomes an ally in "Wrath of the Titans". In the three television series "", ""