dzama923 Scribe


Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Posts: 340 Location: Stamford, Connecticut
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 2:03 am Post subject: |
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That is interesting that the sphinx was written about in ancient Greek as a being Ceberus. They both guarded the underworld. My understanding was that Ceberus was actually a three headed dog. This to me is different from a sphinx. And Anubis was actually the one who had to protect the dead in the underworld. I have never read that the sphinx guarded the underworld, but it does make sense. There does seem like a gap between Ceberus and the sphinx though, I think the idea of Anubis as a protector of the underworld, and sphinx as a powerful aspect of creation, being human and lion, might have given rise to the three headed dog Ceberus. |
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