The Fifth Head of Cerberus and Mr. Million, adding that its "unseen" heads are his brother David as fourth and, by implication, the fifth and final the narrator's own. Following this logic, the title of the novella therefore refers to the narrator himself, whose story we read. Further parallels between the narrator's family and the mythology of Cerberus can be drawn in numerous other ways throughout this novella. For example, a statue of this mythological creature exists at the front, or "gates" of their family home, which is itself located at 666 Saltimbanque, this number having associations with the underworld dating back to the Greek
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