Greek mythology
Charon
Ferryman of the dead across the Styx
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Divine
- Appears in
- Sisyphus: The Man Who Cheated Death
- Places
- The Underworld · River Styx
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Charon is the grim, ragged boatman who carries the souls of the buried across the black river into Hades' realm. He takes only those who can pay his fare, a coin laid upon the tongue of the dead, and turns away the restless shades of the unburied, leaving them to wander the near shore forever.
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- Who is Charon?
- Charon is the grim, ragged boatman who carries the souls of the buried across the black river into Hades' realm. He takes only those who can pay his fare, a coin laid upon the tongue of the dead, and turns away the restless shades of the unburied, leaving them to wander the near shore forever.
- Which mythology does Charon belong to?
- Charon belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Charon appear in?
- Charon appears in Sisyphus: The Man Who Cheated Death, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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