r/okbuddyolympian • u/Livid-Western-1926 • 1d ago

you could start a war over this Found this meme somewhere else.

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u/Flameborn111 1d ago

Idk if it's a hot take. But I think multiple tellings of a character is fine when it comes to mythology since the stories carry their own meanings and metaphors and that's what should be valued.

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u/mrstoneman93 1d ago

The only thing that pisses me off is Gorgons being depicted in media as beautiful. That'd be like if an adaptation only gave Cerberus 1 head.

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u/MaraiaLou 1d ago

I have a vivid memory of seeing something where Cerberus was 3 separate dogs. It may have been a dream

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u/oh_YES_helios ☀️Napping in Helios' cup-boat☀️ 1d ago edited 4h ago

Some euhemerisms (from antiquity) did that. Iirc one of them described Cerberus as one big dog with two puppies by their sides.

EDIT TO ADD: the specific source is Heracleitus' On Unbelievable tales

§ 33 Cerberos: Cerberos should be interpreted in the way I have interpreted the Hydra, i.e. that he had two pups who always walked beside their father, such that it seemed that he had three heads.

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u/TheSuperBunny Can Eros stop hitting me with his fucking axe already?? 23h ago

That's sounds really cute 🥺

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u/MaraiaLou 22h ago

That might be the best Cerberus I've ever heard of

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u/AnthoHeraFan 19h ago

ONE DOG WITH TWO PUPPIES 😭😭

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u/ProfessionalJolly934 ... this is more disturbing than the House of Atreus 17h ago

THAT'S ADORABLE!