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a sop to Cerberus
a sop to Cerberus
A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Hormazd | | HOR-mazd | Persian Mythology |
| Azrael | | - | Judeo-Christian Legend |
| Tatum | | TA-təm | English (Modern) |
| Leonora | | - | Italian |
| Uxue | | - | Basque |
| Nanda | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Tamil |