Cerberus Tattoo Ideas

Popular Cerberus Tattoo Styles

As a three-headed hound from Hell, Cerberus already makes for an extremely cool tattoo design. But you can choose a wide range of styles and designs to make your Cerberus tattoo truly unique to you.

Browse our gallery above or create your own Cerberus tattoo designs using Free Tattoo Generator.

Here are just a few examples of tattoo styles you might choose to create your own one-of-a-kind design:

• Simple black and grey Cerberus tattoo outline
• Anime-style Cerberus in vibrant red, blues and greens.
• Classic Americana-style Cerberus tattoos
• New-school Cerberus tattoos
• Bio-mechanical Cerberus outlines
• Surrealism Cerberus designs with melting fur

Obviously, these are just a handful of Cerberus designs that you can find in our AI-generated gallery. But it’s your tattoo, and you should choose a design that’s totally unique and meaningful to you. Feel free to take inspiration from our tattoo gallery, and combine different designs, styles, and imagery to create a tattoo that’s totally you.

Best Cerberus Tattoo Placement

As with most tattoos, a Cerberus design can be placed virtually anywhere on your body. But it really depends on the specific design you choose for your tattoo.

Larger body parts, like the back, shoulders, chest, or thighs are great for larger, more detailed designs. These can often include more design elements, like flames, tormented souls, or other themes you might find in the darkness of Hades.

However, you can also choose a smaller Cerberus design that can be placed on smaller body parts, like your wrists, forearms, or ankles. Tiny, cute, minimalist, or even geometric Cerberus designs can easily be shrunk down to size, without sacrificing too much on details. Therefore, these types of designs can be placed almost anywhere.

Women’s Cerberus Tattoo Ideas

Peruse the depths of Ancient Greek mythology and you’re sure to find a ton of design ideas to make your Cerberus tattoo a touch more womanly. Women can choose from a wide range of Grecian design elements to add to their Cerberus piece, including Greek gods or goddesses, like Athena or Aphrodite, Hera, or Helen of Troy.

Persephone was the Greek goddess of the Underworld, which means she would the perfect addition to a Cerberus tattoo, all while adding a touch of the feminine divine.

Men’s Cerberus Tattoo Ideas

As the Guardian of the Underworld, there’s really no shortage of design elements men can choose from to make their Cerberus tattoos more masculine.

Fire and brimstone, the souls of the damned, darkness, torment… These are all great designs ideas that go well with a Cerberus tattoo and that can also make it a bit more manly.

On another note, men might choose slightly more masculine tattooing styles, like Mexican Chicano style or a New School Cerberus with finely detailed muscles and fiery fur. Black and grey or realism are also great styles for designing a stunning Cerberus tattoo.

Cerberus Tattoo Meaning – Greek Mythology

In Greek mythology, Cerberus is the three-headed Hell-hound in charge of guarding the gates of Hades. He was the guardian of the mythological Greek Underworld, who’s duty it was to prevent the living from entering, and the dead from escaping.

Therefore, people often attributes thoughts of protection, preservation, stability and security with their Cerberus tattoos. As a staunch defender of his realm, Cerberus tattoos can also be linked to courage, strength and resilience.