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funerals the deceased traditionally
had an obol placed over their eye
or under their tongue. This was
because Charon later took the obol
as payment for his service across
the river. No one could persuade
Charon to do otherwise, and thus is
the reason why some people feared
him. He is portrayed to be an ugly Cerberus
bearded man with a conical hat Cerberus or the “Hell Hound”, is the
and tunic, but however with the massive three-headed dog with some
passing of time, he was considered descriptions stating that it also has a
to be more angelic, like that of the snake-headed tail and had hundreds
Archangel Michael. of snake heads covering its back as
