A tattoo with Anubis and Horus
Dogs consist of guardians of the psychic worlds for many cultures. They do not allow the entry of the living or the exit of the dead, they help the transition of souls or are spiritual guides for those who want to travel new paths. These are the best known.
garm
The myth of Cerberus is very similar to that of the dog Garm from Scandinavian mythology. niflheimm "Home of the Mist" is the kingdom of darkness and darkness, enveloped by a perpetual mist, where the dragon Níðhöggr lives, constantly gnawing on the roots of the ash tree perennial Yggdrasil.
In one of the darkest and darkest parts of the enormous and icy Niflheim is Helheim, where the goddess or giant Hela reigns, with her dog Garm, who guard the doors of his dwelling and is usually represented with a bloody chest.
Cerberus or Can Cerberus
Can Cerberus Tattoo
Cerberus is more famous than Garm even though his myth is very similar. Cerberus is a dog from Greek mythology whose name means "Demon of the Pit”. It was the dog of Hades, the Greek god of the dead and of hell, who gave its name to the Greek underworld, where darkness and ghosts inhabit.
He is usually represented sitting on a throne accompanied by a keeper, the dog with three heads (fifty according to Hesiod) and a serpent instead of a tail, in charge of preventing the entry of the living and the exit of the dead in hell and whose ferocity was fearsome.
Anubis
Anubis by crowcnil
Anubis is the Egyptian god charged with ensuring the transition of physical life on Earth to other worlds. It is represented either as a jackal (desert dog) lying on his belly or like a man with his head that gives him the power of extrasensory perception and powerful dog. It is a guide, a protector, the symbol of adherence to the invisible spiritual energy stream.