Associations to the word «Charon»

Wiktionary

CHARON, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Charontidae   — certain arachnids in the family.
CHARON, proper noun. (Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades.
CHARON, proper noun. (astronomy) The largest of the 5 moons of Pluto.

Dictionary definition

CHARON, noun. (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King