[tlhIngan Hol] don't pay the ferryman
SuStel
sustel at trimboli.name
Wed Oct 28 07:50:11 PDT 2020
On 10/28/2020 10:42 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:
> Thanks for the Quora reference. (What a useful site!):
>
> Charon most likely was given the post of ferryman of souls because of his
> family connections. He was a son of Erebus. [....] The soul had to pay for
> the passage so a coin, usually an obolus or danake, would be placed in the
> mouth or under the tongue of the deceased.
>
> Sounds like a lucrative job with plenty of job security. I wonder what he spent all his money on?
bIQ Duj DaleHpu''a'? waghqu'! pIrmuS Say'nISmoHlu'; tlhegh luqa'nISlu';
muD bIQ je 'ommeH Sor Hap, 'oH DIjnISlu'.
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SuStel
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