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Noun Concept
Categories: Characters in Dante's Divine Comedy, Metamorphoses characters, Greek death gods, Psychopomps, Chthonic beings
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Charon  Charos  Haros  Kharon
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(Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades WordNet 3.0
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(Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades, the Greek underworld. Wikipedia
Mythological Greek ferryman Wikipedia Disambiguation
Ferryman of Hades in Greek-Roman mythology Wikidata
The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx. Wiktionary
The ferryman of Hades. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
ferryman
death deity
CATEGORY DOMAIN
Greek mythology
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
DIFFERENT FROM
Charun
FACET OF
Greek underworld
FATHER
Erebus
MOTHER
Nyx
OCCUPATION
ferryman
PRESENT IN WORK
Hades
SEX OR GENDER
male
WORSHIPPED BY
ancient Greek religion
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Charon
Wikipedia
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Charon
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Charon
Wiktionary
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Charon
Wikipedia Redirections
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Charon (god), Charos, Haros, Kharon
Wikidata Alias
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Kharon

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