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Charon is a figure from ancient Greek mythology who ferries souls of the dead across the river Styx to the underworld. He appears frequently in Greek art and literature as an important part of their beliefs about the afterlife and the journey souls take after death.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Charon is referenced by 691 other articles, and connects out to Artemis, titan and Gustave Doré.
It is catalogued under topics including Characters in Book VI of the Aeneid, Characters in the Divine Comedy and Chthonic beings.
Its subject is documented across 62 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- psychopomp
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Erebos
- Mother
- Nyx
- Occupation
- ferryman
- Image
- Sabouroff Painter ARV 846 196 Hermes leading a deceased to Charon (02).jpg
- Residence
- Greek underworld
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- Commons category
- Charon
- worshipped by
- Ancient Greek religion
- name in native language
- Χάρων
- different from
- Charun
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- present in work
- Hades
- IPA transcription
- ˈçaːʁɔn
- P8168
- Faustino Bocchi
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Fils d'Érèbe (l'Obscurité) et de Nyx (la Nuit), Charon (prononcé /kaʁɔ̃/, grec ancien : Χάρων) est le nocher (le pilote de la barque) des Enfers dans la mythologie grecque. Sur les marais de l'Achéron, il faisait traverser le Styx, contre une obole, aux âmes des morts ayant reçu une sépulture, d'où la coutume de placer une obole sous la langue du mort avant son enterrement. Ceux qui ne pouvaient payer, faute d'avoir été enterrés convenablement, devaient errer sur les bords du fleuve Styx pendant cent ans.
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