In Greek mythology, who was the multi-headed dog, encircled by a serpent, that guarded the portal to the underworld?
Greek underworld his duty was to bring these souls to the underworld and no one would persuade him to do otherwise. Cerberus (Kerberos), or the "Hell-Hound", is Hades' massive multi-headed (usually three-headed) dog with some descriptions stating that it also has a snake-headed tail and snake heads on its back and as its mane. Born from Echidna and Typhon, Cerberus guards the gate that serves as the entrance of the underworld. Cerberus' duty is to prevent dead people from leaving the underworld. Heracles once borrowed Cerberus as the final part of the Labours of Heracles. Orpheus once soothed it to sleep with
The Seven-headed Serpent The Seven-headed Serpent "The Seven-headed Serpent" is a Greek fairy tale collected, as "Die Siebenkopfige Schlange," in Bernhard Schmidt's "Griechische Mahrchen". Andrew Lang included it in "The Yellow Fairy Book". A king went on a sea voyage. His ship was blown to an island, where they were attacked by lions who killed many of the King's men. They eventually come to a garden with fountains of gold, silver, and pearls, with a large castle and lake nearby. The Lake warned them that the seven-headed serpent-king of the island would soon wake and bathe in it; it would devour the men