Charon

Son of Erebus and the night. He led the shadows of the dead to the other side of the Styx and the Acheron, but only those who had not been left unburied and to whom the proper funeral honors had been paid. He did not admit into his boat the souls of the unburied, or those who had not been duly honored at their funerals. Furthermore, he collected the toll, that is why it was customary to put what was called: “The Denarius of Charon” inside the mouths of the dead. This god was represented as a robust old man, standing on a boat and with an oar in his hands. No living mortal could be transported in his ship if he did not present the golden bouquet consecrated to “Proserpina” which was only given by the “Sibyl.”