Mythical Monday: Hitching a Ride with the Ferryman, by Mae Clair

Let me start by saying this is not a gent I’d want to take a boat ride with!

Charon is the ferryman who provides transport on the mythical rivers of Styx and Acheron, bodies of water that separate the plane of the living from the underworld. It’s Charon’s job to gather the souls bound for hades and ferry them across the river (they’re delivered to him by Hermes, but that’s material for another post. )

Why anyone would want to pay for a ride like that is beyond me, but Charon wasn’t above profi...