Persephone: The Greek Myth Of Charon

After I woke up, I immediately opened a text file and linked all my hunches together. Fish, the afterlife, buying things, an adventure. The Greek myth of Charon, the ferryman who transports souls across a river (for a price) to their fate, came to mind. But where did the fish factor in? Fish often live in fountains that strangers throw coins into. These coins and Charon’s fee immediately gave me the idea Persephone would have in this story. All I needed was a reason why the fish would have to bring coins over, which was obvious when I thought about how many societies no longer give the ferryman’s fee to their dead.