Mythology References in Devil May Cry

The Devil May Cry series has the distinct usage of real world mythologies in it's characters, the developers took a trip to greece and observed all the monuments and learnt of the mythologies. This page shows all references.

From the divine comedy 

Dante = derived from italian poet Dante Allighieri, who was a character in his own ballad "The Divine Comedy"

Vergil = derived from italian poet Romilius Vergilius Maro who helped the character Dante in the Divine Comedy.

Greek Mythology 

Mundus = is actually Neptune/Pluto. Named after "the pit of Mundus" a greek monument.

Geryon = Is actually a giant in greek mythology and a chimera in the divine comedy.

Cerberus = is actually guardian of the demon world, poetically in DMC 3 he was made the guardian of temen-ni-gru.

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