Charon - Ferryman of the dead

Charon is the ferryman of Hades who carries the souls of the newly deceased across the river Styx that divides the world of the living from the world of the dead. A coin to pay Charon for passage is placed in the mouth of the dead person. Those who cannot pay the fee or those whose bodies are left unburied get trapped, their essence drained to fuel his ever-burning blue flames, a most dreadful fate for any soul.