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CHARON (χάρων), in Greek mythology the carrier of the dead in Hades. He was portrayed as a gloomy old man in rags. Charon transports the dead along the waters of underground rivers, receiving payment for this in one obol - according to funeral rites, located under the tongue of the dead. It transports only those dead whose bones have found peace in the grave, and only a golden branch, plucked from Persephone's grove, opens the way to the kingdom of death for a living person

Description
CHARON (χάρων), in Greek mythology the carrier of the dead in Hades. He was portrayed as a gloomy old man in rags. Charon transports the dead along the waters of underground rivers, receiving payment for this in one obol - according to funeral rites, located under the tongue of the dead. It transports only those dead whose bones have found peace in the grave, and only a golden branch, plucked from Persephone's grove, opens the way to the kingdom of death for a living person