greek mythology?

Question

pls people, i want to know who is that mythological creature that transports people with a boat to hell

Answer 1

Charon (Greek Χάρων, the bright[1]) was the ferryman of Hades. (Etruscan equivalent: Charun) (Modern Greek Folklore: angel of death: Charos or Charontas) He took the newly dead from one side of the river Acheron to the other if they had an obolus (coin) to pay for the ride. Corpses in some regions in ancient Greece were buried with a coin underneath their tongue to pay the fare. Those who couldn't had to wander the banks of the Acheron for one hundred years. In various myths, the heroes Heracles, Orpheus, Aeneas, Dionysus and Psyche all journeyed to and from on the boat of Charon.
The Barque of Charon, Sleep, Night and Morpheus, by Luca Giordano
The Barque of Charon, Sleep, Night and Morpheus, by Luca Giordano

According to Virgil's Aeneid (book 6), the Cumaean Sibyl directs Aeneas to the golden bough necessary to cross the river while still alive and return to the world. Orpheus also made the trip to the underworld and returned alive.

Charon was the son of Erebus and Nyx.

He was depicted as a cranky, skinny old man or as a winged demon wielding a double hammer. Aristophanes, in The Frogs, had him spewing insults regarding people's girth. In modern times, he is commonly depicted as a living skeleton in a cowl, much like the Grim Reaper or Dickens' Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

It is often said that he ferried souls across the river Styx. This is suggested by Virgil in his Aeneid (book 6, line 369). However, by most accounts, including Pausanias (x.28) and, later, Dante's Inferno (book 3, line 78), it was the swamps of the river Acheron.

Some authors claim the price to be 2 coins, placed over each eye of the deceased.

Dante Alighieri incorporated Charon into his Divine Comedy. He is the same as his Greek counterpart, being paid an obolus to cross Acheron. He is the first named character Dante meets in hell, in the third Canto of Inferno.

Answer 2

Charon
by Micha F. Lindemans
Charon, in Greek mythology, is the ferryman of the dead. The souls of the deceased are brought to him by Hermes, and Charon ferries them across the river Acheron. He only accepts the dead which are buried or burned with the proper rites, and if they pay him an obolus (coin) for their passage. For that reason a corpse had always an obolus 1 placed under the tongue.
Those who cannot afford the passage, or are not admitted by Charon, are doomed to wander on the banks of the Styx for a hundred years. Living persons who wish to go to the underworld need a golden bough obtained from the Cumaean Sibyl. Charon is the son of Erebus and Nyx. He is depicted as an sulky old man, or as a winged demon carrying a double hammer. He is similar to the Etruscan (Charun).

Answer 3

The Underworld Boatman Charon. You must pay him a gold coin to transport you to the Underworld. You cross the River Styx.

Answer 4

That is the Boatman Charon, who carries souls across the river Styx if they have been buried with a copper coin to give him.

Answer 5

That would be Charun. For the price of a coin (which is placed in the mouth of the dead person before they are buried) he carries them across the Styx and into the Netherworld. Without him, their souls will be lost.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

well Hades is the god of the underworld but id think thats right but yea