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Cerberus
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythology</a>, Cerberus , often referred to as the hound of <a href="/facts/Hades/L8jg3utR">Hades</a>, is a <a href="/facts/Polycephaly/qsHvg4pu">multi-headed</a> dog that guards the gates of the <a href="/facts/Greek_underworld/3JMV6eMT">underworld</a> to prevent the dead from leaving. He was the offspring of the monsters <a href="/facts/Echidna_(mythology)/AAY1SGUn">Echidna</a> and <a href="/facts/Typhon/c3E4Ft3c">Typhon</a>, and was usually described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from his body. Cerberus is primarily known for his capture by <a href="/facts/Heracles/CIQWycTu">Heracles</a>, the last of Heracles' <a href="/facts/Labours_of_Heracles/xh1SgdQA">twelve labours</a>. </p>