Charon - Ferryman of the Underworld by Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v aeiou en-us 2023-02-02 23:57:53 UTC 2023-02-04 10:13:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3f4-2620.png Charon - Ferryman of the Underworld Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467658114 2023-02-03 14:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467658114 Charon uses his skiff to transport those who wish to pass into the underworld Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467659635 2023-02-03 14:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467659635 Charon's Obol, put in the mouth of the dead, to use as payment for the ferryman's tax Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467684467 2023-02-03 14:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467684467 Charon taking his fee from the dead Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467738951 2023-02-03 15:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467738951 The only person to ever overpower Charon was Heracles Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467745916 2023-02-03 15:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467745916 Charon sometimes depicted as a hideous beast, courtesy of the Roman church Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467758056 2023-02-03 15:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467758056 Charon's Mother Nyx, Personification of the Night Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467765303 2023-02-03 15:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467765303 Charon's Father, Erebus, the personification of Darkness Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467781646 2023-02-03 16:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467781646 Charon is sometimes depicted with a Mallet, which he uses to fight off people Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467786764 2023-02-03 16:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467786764 Charon was chained for a year for letting Heracles into the underworld Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467805013 2023-02-03 16:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467805013 Charon is depicted as being extremely powerful, being able to fight back anyone who attempted to enter his skiff without paying Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467814894 2023-02-03 16:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467814894 The river Styx, which Charon ferry's people across Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467820539 2023-02-03 16:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467820539 Charon on the Acheron river, depicted in Dante's Inferno Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467823752 2023-02-03 16:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467823752 Charon is older and predates Zeus and Hades Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467834589 2023-02-03 16:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467834589 Charon's earliest depictions show him in a conical hat and a tunic Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467839972 2023-02-03 16:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467839972 The skiff is Charon's symbol Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467845989 2023-02-03 16:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467845989 The coin symbolizes proper burial rites, and was reflected in the real world Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467847573 2023-02-03 16:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467847573 Pluto's largest moon, is named after Charon Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467851025 2023-02-03 16:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467851025 Charon allowed Dante (and Vigil) into hell, despite being a mortal, due to a mission from God Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467855409 2023-02-03 17:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467855409 Charon is sometimes depicted with flaming or glowing eyes Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467858834 2023-02-03 17:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467858834 Demeter was denied access to speak to Persephone by Charon Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467861313 2023-02-03 17:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467861313 Charun is Charon's Etruscan counterpart Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467870229 2023-02-03 17:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467870229 In Dante's Inferno, the river is usually filled with sinful souls Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467874066 2023-02-03 17:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467874066 Hermes provides souls to Charon, to let them into the underworld Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467878637 2023-02-03 17:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467878637 All those who failed to be buried properly with a coin, would be refused passage, and haunt as ghosts Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467881088 2023-02-03 17:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467881088 Hades would cast judgement on souls brought to him in the underworld Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467884561 2023-02-03 17:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467884561 Orpheus was allowed free passage by charming Charon Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467892267 2023-02-03 17:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467892267 Charon in Greek is a euphemism for death. Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467895999 2023-02-03 17:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467895999 Charon usually looks like the grim reaper in modern depictions Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467900495 2023-02-03 17:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467900495 In later depictions, Charon is seen as kindly and refined Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467902495 2023-02-03 17:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467902495 Vigil protecting Dante in The Divine Comedy Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467906048 2023-02-03 17:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467906048 Charon, on the Sistine Chapel wall, in the bottom center right Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467911050 2023-02-03 17:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467911050 Charon is not a god, but an underworld diety Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467914443 2023-02-03 17:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467914443 Charon's job is to transport the dead to the underworld Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467915849 2023-02-03 17:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467915849 If judged positively, souls may pass into Elysium, otherwise known as heaven Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467923649 2023-02-03 17:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467923649 If judged poorly, souls will live eternity in Tartarus, commonly known as hell Elevendy https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467924465 2023-02-03 17:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Elevendy/nhffdvtiejn78j2v/wish/2467924465