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
The Three Gates more traces of civilization, but that's only at the twilight that they meet Xhenn, a very small guy. Xhenn told them that they have arrived in the land of Ganeom. They will never come back to their home, unless somebody escorts them to one of the three gates that can bring them back to the land of the men. The Three Gates The Three Gates ("Les trois portes" : The Time Runaways #01) is a novel by Philippe Ebly published in France in 1977. Looking for a shelter in a stormy night, two young trekkers, Thierry and Didier stop by