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Originally Posted by Neville
I seem to remember the reaper as a boatman who's role it was to ferry one across the River Styx, which in Greek mythology is the river which separates the realm of the living from that of Spirit. Though it has to be said, my mythology is a little out of practice nowadays.
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You are thinking of Charon the ferryman who would ferry souls across Hades if those souls could pay his fee. Which is why bodies used to be buried with coins on them.