ferryman

Example Sentences

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As an employee of a Manhattan establishment that catered to traveling assassins, Charon — named after the ferryman of Hades in Greek mythology — was the soul of discretion.

From New York Times

They Say Nothing Stays the Same Drama about a ferryman in 19th century Japan.

From Los Angeles Times

“I imagine the River Styx and ferryman Charon transporting souls of travelers,” he writes of “The Transit of Shadows: An Allegory,” his Multiple Exposures Gallery show.

From Washington Post

But as he's hired we know that there's more to Saki than her mother is letting on, requiring the ferryman to take up the sword once again.

From Salon

In the ancient Mediterranean, people sometimes placed a coin in the mouth, on the eyes, or in the ashes of the dead, a fare for the mythological ferryman to take souls to the underworld.

From New York Times