Charon
Underworld river pilot
Charon is the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology, who carries souls across the river Styx to the underworld.
The dead were buried with a coin to pay his fare.
In astronomy, Charon is the largest moon of Pluto, named for the mythological figure who served the god of the underworld.
Mythological boundary water
- obolusSmall Greek bronze coin
- AcheronMythological river of sorrow
- boatmanOne who operates vessels
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
crossing · shade · toll · passage · ferry · Lethe · riverman · netherworld
Greek afterlife realm
- netherworldRealm of the dead
- TartarusDeepest realm of punishment
- StyxMythological boundary water
- AcheronMythological river of sorrow
Erebus · Lethe · Inferno · Sheol · Helheim · abyss · necropolis · limbo
Kuiper Belt dwarf world
- HydraMulti-headed mythical serpent
- StyxMythological boundary water
- discoveryAct of finding something
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
ice · crater · 1978 · trans-Neptunian · barycenter
Personified primordial darkness
- CerberusMythical watchdog of death's realm
- HermesOlympian messenger deity
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
- TartarusDeepest realm of punishment
Elysium · Greek · Olympians · afterlife · divine · primordial · Virgil · Dante
Serious and worrying
- somberGravely serious in mood
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- funerealGloomily solemn in manner
mournful · stern · silent · implacable · dignified · dread · inexorable · relentless
Styx
Mythological boundary water
Hades · crossing · shade · toll · passage · ferry · Lethe · riverman · netherworld · dead
Hades
Greek afterlife realm
- netherworldRealm of the dead
- TartarusDeepest realm of punishment
- StyxMythological boundary water
Acheron · Erebus · Lethe · Inferno · Sheol · Helheim · abyss · necropolis · limbo · purgatory
Pluto
Kuiper Belt dwarf world
satellite · ice · crater · 1978 · trans-Neptunian · barycenter
Erebus
Personified primordial darkness
- CerberusMythical watchdog of death's realm
- HermesOlympian messenger deity
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
Tartarus · Elysium · Greek · Olympians · afterlife · divine · primordial · Virgil · Dante · Aeneid
grave
Serious and worrying
funereal · mournful · stern · silent · implacable · dignified · dread · inexorable · relentless · dark
CharonAsclepius
Ancient medicine deity
Jesus Christ · resurrection · life-giver · Lazarus · Orpheus
CharonOdysseus
Ithaca's long-wandering monarch
Jason · Noah · ship captain · merchant sailor · river pilot