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For Day 13, I have Cerberus, Hade's 3 headed hound. Or 50 headed, or 100 headed, depending on who you ask. Or even 2 headed sometimes? Though that might just be because the 3rd head is obscured in the artwork. The tail is also contested, sometimes it's a snake tail, sometimes it's a normal dog tail, sometimes it's a snake head.

Nevertheless, the 3 heads are iconic so I definitely wanted to include it. The snakes are a compromise with the 50/100 headed versions since some poets describe Cerberus as having 3 dog heads and then snake heads all along it's body. Or just all kinds of different heads but I'm not drawing that.

As a last note, Cerberus mostly depicted as completely black or white, not spotted. It's also most likely a myth that Cerberus's "Kerberos" is related to "Karbara" meaning 'Spotted' or 'Speckled'. Here's some links as to why.
sententiaeantiquae.com/2018/08…
www.etymologynerd.com/blog/spo…

Description
For Day 13, I have Cerberus, Hade's 3 headed hound. Or 50 headed, or 100 headed, depending on who you ask. Or even 2 headed sometimes? Though that might just be because the 3rd head is obscured in the artwork. The tail is also contested, sometimes it's a snake tail, sometimes it's a normal dog tail, sometimes it's a snake head.

Nevertheless, the 3 heads are iconic so I definitely wanted to include it. The snakes are a compromise with the 50/100 headed versions since some poets describe Cerberus as having 3 dog heads and then snake heads all along it's body. Or just all kinds of different heads but I'm not drawing that.

As a last note, Cerberus mostly depicted as completely black or white, not spotted. It's also most likely a myth that Cerberus's "Kerberos" is related to "Karbara" meaning 'Spotted' or 'Speckled'. Here's some links as to why.
sententiaeantiquae.com/2018/08…
www.etymologynerd.com/blog/spo…