Two-headed dog — Mythoi

Motif

Two-headed dog.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B15.1.2.1.4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Ancient Egyptian The Egyptian Book of the Dead , Chapter CLII
Literary Crystallization Faust: A Tragedy , Second Part, Act 3
Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 51 CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS
Greek Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica , THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE
Literary Crystallization Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books , Book 2

Filed across the traditions

Greek *Frazer Apollodorus I 211 n. 3 (Orthus). → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. V

Within the index

Filed under Two-headed animal.

Filed beside it

Two-headed serpent. One head in front and one at rear Two-headed tiger Jaguar with two heads

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world Hydra: nine-headed monster. Middle head immortal Man-eating mares Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse Hind with golden horns Transformation to animal to seduce woman Magic goblet (glass) Transportation by magic goblet. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs Tasks imposed. A person's prowess is tested by assigning him certain tasks (usually impossible or extremely difficult) to be performed either to escape punishment or to receive a valuable reward Task: cleaning Augean stable. Stable has not been cleaned in years. Must be done in one night. River turned through it

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