• @[email protected]
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    16 months ago

    I’ve got a Grandson named Charon

    Isn’t that something from greek mythology? I swear there’s something like that in greek mythology…

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      6 months ago

      You swear correctly. He is the boatman of the river Styx. He ferries souls to Hades in the afterlife if the individual was buried with the ferry toll. If they didn’t have the ferry toll they’d be fated to wandering the banks of the river Styx for 100 years before they could cross.

      I think it’s a cool name. Apologies if this was intended sarcasm and it went over my head.

      • @[email protected]
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        26 months ago

        It’s certainly several orders of magnitude better than Blessica…

        Although mythological names are often cool, it’s always worth researching fully. Loki may suddenly be super cool thanks to the MCU, but he still got fucked by a horse.

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        06 months ago

        Dang that’s a pretty metal name for a kid. I can’t decide if its terrible or brilliant

        • Moah
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          16 months ago

          I think the main issue is that it sounds like Karen