Monster, er, Matrox Fusion

[Sisyfos]

Kerberos is Greek spelling
Cerberus is Latin spelling
Serberos is bad spelling

/Kim

[Jorden]

EchoWars, it doesn't guard the entrance, but more the exit, so no one can escape Hades !!

Jord.

[xortam]

I knew you had a correct alternate spelling but I was trying to point out that the creature was a dog, not a dragon.

BTW, I ran into Kerberos as part of my Directory Services work. There's a book on authentication/authorization called "Security is a Three-headed Dog".

[Jorden]

Oh nice, we're looking for the name of the 7 headed dragon, when ET has given it to us already

Hydra


Jord.

[Arsa]

I think Kerberos looks so no living people could enter Hades. Only dead. BTW, I think that's the point in one of Hercules journeys.

Hydra was pre-relese name of Windows Terminal Server.
Turtle Beach is in Voyetra now IMHO.

Oh, and I haven't seen any products from Matrox (besides Millenium) with really nice names. ;-)

[Himself]

I think the dog just hung out waiting for the end of the world to go pee while straining against it's leash, it was the guy in the boat that said yay or nay.

[Guyver]

Tiamax (from the old Saturday morning cartoon Dungeons and Dragons)?!?

[ET]

Just pointed out several multi-headed creatures. Didn't mean to imply they were dragons (Typhon might have been, Scylla wasn't). What mythology was that 7 headed dragon from?

[CHHAS]

Actually I think it was Tiamat ...
could be wrong though

[impact]

Kerberos is guarding the entrance to the underworld so that no living people can go in. Besides, there is definitely no 'exit' from there. It is your final stop, so to speak and Hades is the ruler there. (according to greek mythology)

Scylla +Charybdis... those two are from Homer's Illiad and Odyssey:

short excerpt:
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Now they come to the strait where Scylla and Charybdis live. Scylla is a six-headed monster who lives in a cave above the cliffs on one side of the strait. Charybdis is a fierce whirlpool that lays on the opposite side of Scylla. It is impossible to go through unharmed.

Well, the ship safely steers around Charybdis and then come to Scylla where they lose six men by the six mouths of the monster. Alittle battered, they sail on.

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I think that explains it. If you want to kno more, go here. But I think you have already learned that @school, just as I did.

Hydra is from the Greek mythology, too. It's related to Heracles (Hercules.. diff. name but the same guy I think) and the tasks he had to accomplish.

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A many-headed monster slain by Heracles. Related to the Chimaera and Cerberus. As one of his Labors, Heracles sought the Hydra's lair in the swamps of Lerna and forced it out into the open with flaming arrows. Wading bravely into the fray, he began to hack at the monster with his sword. But every time he cut off one head, two grew in its place. Eventually, Heracles called on his charioteer to bring a torch to cauterize the Hydra's severed neck each time a head was lopped. This prevented new heads from sprouting. And when the final head was chopped off and buried beneath a rock, the monster died.
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Greek mythology is very interesting. Encyclopaedia

[impact]

Almost forgot Tiamat. Warning! this is dangerously close to education. People who think that they can no longer handle return to school shall immediatelly leave!

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In Babylonian myths, Tiamat is a huge, bloated female dragon that personifies the saltwater ocean, the water of Chaos. She is also the primordial mother of all that exists, including the gods themselves. Her consort is Apsu, the personification of the freshwater abyss that lies beneath the Earth. From their union, saltwater with freshwater, the first pair of gods were born. They are Lachmu and Lachamu, parents of Ansar and Kisar, grandparents of Anu and Ea.
In the creation epic Enuma elish, written around 2000 BC, their descendants started to irritate Tiamat and Apsu so they decided to kill their offspring. Ea discovered their plans and he managed to kill Apsu while the latter was asleep. Tiamat flew into a rage when she learned about Apsu's death and wanted to avenge her husband. She created an army of monstrous creatures, which was to be led by her new consort Kingu, who is also her son. Eventually, Tiamat was defeated by the young god Marduk, who was born in the deep freshwater sea.

Marduk cleaved her body in half, and from the upper half he created the sky and from the lower half he made the earth. From her water came forth the clouds and her tears became the source of the Tigris and the Euphratus. Kingu also perished, and from his blood Marduk created the first humans.
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from Patheon

[impact]

Quad yes QUAD post for triple the damage (according to Q3A).
http://www.pantheon.org/ is definitely the place to visit when you need something from the legends explained. They do cover

Legendary animals such as unicorns and dragons;
Objects like Excalibur and Mjollnir;
Gods and goddesses from many religions, including Greek, Japanese, Hindu, and Native American;
Imaginative places such as Atlantis, Avalon, and Thule;
Supernatural creatures such as gnomes, leprechauns, and fairies... and many, many more

That's all the things you learned @school but have forgotten.

[Olivier]

I love the picture of the dragon, where can i find this kind of pictures/wallpapers ?

[Chris B]

Himself.... I think the name you´re looking for is "Garm". In the Norse mythology Garm guarded the gate to hell.

Garm is often compared to Cerberus, as they both had the same "job" in their respective mythologies!

[Chris B]

But who the h*ll is gonna´ buy a graphics card called the "Matrox Garm" (just trying to stay with the original topic of this thread).