An Three-Headed Kanine

> They were looking straight into the eyes of a monstrous dog, a dog that filled the whole space between ceiling and floor. It had three heads. Three pairs of rolling, mad eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three drooling mouths, saliva hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs.
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> Description of Fluffy, a three-headed dog, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

A **three-headed dog**, also known as a **Cerberus**, was a very rare magical beast. It is unknown if, like the ***Runespoor***, each head served a different purpose. Their great weakness was the inability to resist falling asleep to the sound of music.

## Species Physical Information

### Distinction

* Three heads
* Larger and stronger than non-magical dogs

## History

> What do they think they're doing, keeping a thing like that locked up in a school? If any dog needs exercise, that one does.
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> Ron Weasley's shock after having encountered Fluffy, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Rubeus Hagrid once owned a three-headed dog named Fluffy, which he obtained from a ***Greek man*** he met at a pub. Fluffy served as one of the obstacles to the Philosopher's Stone in 1992. In October 1991, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley inadvertently stumbled upon Fluffy after night hours at Hogwarts, when they were trying to hide from Argus Filch. Later in ***June*** 1992, Quirrell managed to put Fluffy to sleep by playing the harp, so he, Ron and Hermione could enter the Underground Chambers.

## Behind the scenes

* Although identified as beasts, it is unknown what danger classification the ***Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures*** gives three-headed dogs, but seen as though they are large, aggressive and require highly specialist handling, it is likely they are ranked ***XXXX***.
* In Greek mythology, Cerberus was a three-headed dog that guarded the gates to the underworld. In order to get past him, music would have to be played for him to fall asleep, as portrayed in the film adaptation of *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone (film)*.
* In the film adaptation of *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone (film)*, Hagrid gets Fluffy from "an Irish feller". In the novel, Hagrid gets him from "a Greek chappie".
* In *The Wizarding World of Harry Potter* one can purchase a plush version of Fluffy.

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## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film)
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