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June 22, 2014

Animals of myth

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One idea contained in the myth is of a beast with many heads.
Chimera has three. Its brother was Kerberos, who guarded the gates of Hades, who also had three heads and was imagined as a ferocious hound. Kerberos was also an animal of diverse parts, with a mane of snakes, claws of a lion and a serpent’s tail. A brother of Chimera and Kerberos was Hydra, a water snake of many heads, which had the characteristic of multiplying when severed.
- - BestQuest

Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 22, 2014 7:31 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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