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one painless deaths, or die when



                                                                                                                                         they believe they were meant to die.




                                                                                                                                         By doing so he guided souls to not



                                                                                                                                         wander the living world, but safely



                                                                                                                                         arrive in the underworld.









                                                                                                                                         Charon



                                                                                                                                         Charon is the ferryman mentioned


            associated with the underworld that                                                                                          earlier in this passage, and after




            much, he is the one who leads dead                                                                                           receiving the souls from Hermes,



            souls into the underworld. He being                                                                                          he would guide them across the



            the messenger and guide, would                                                                                               river Styx and Acheron into the




            sometimes assist the dying in their                                                                                          underworld. There is a ritual



            passing, going as far as to give the                                                                                         associated with Charon. During
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