The Golden Bough (mythology) Aeneas tore off the bough, a second golden one immediately sprang up, which was a good omen, as the sibyl had said that if this did not happen the coming endeavor would fail. Soon after they started their descent into the Underworld, the Sibyl showed the golden bough to Charon who only then allowed them to enter his boat and cross the Stygian river. On the other side, she cast a drugged cake to the three-headed watchdog Cerberus, who swallowed it and fell asleep. Once in the Underworld, Aeneas tried talking to some shades, and listened to the Sibyl speak
Gate deities of the underworld whips, four falcon heads and four human heads. This is an enigmatic and barely understandable point. 8th gate: this access is inhabited by a flaming snake who burns up the enemies of Osiris. 9th gate: here stand Horus and Set on a hawk-headed lion. 10th gate: Apep appears again, but chained in order not to harm Ra in his transit. 11th gate: this gate is called "Mysterious Of Approaches" and is overseen by the cat-headed god Meeyuty ("meow" onomatopoeia). 12th gate: here stand the goddesses Isis and Nephthys in the form of snakes: the journey through the gates of the