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In ancient Greek mythologyAcheron was known as the "river Acheron woe", and was one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld. The word Acheron of uncertain etymology. In the Homeric poems, Acheron Acheron was described as a river of Hadesinto which Cocytus and Acheron both flowed. The Roman Acheron Virgil called it the principal river of Tartarusfrom which the Styx and Cocytus both sprang. The Suda describes the river as "a place of healing, not a place of punishment, cleansing and purging the sins of humans". According to later traditions, Acheron had been a son of Helios and either Gaia or Demeterwho had been turned into the Underworld river bearing his name after he refreshed the Titans with drink during their contest with Zeus. The river called Acheron with the nearby ruins Acheron the Necromanteion is found near Parga on the mainland opposite Corfu. Greeks who settled in Italy identified the Acherusian lake into which Acheron flowed with Lake Acheron. Plato in his Phaedo identified Acheron as the second greatest river in the world, excelled only by Oceanus. He claimed that Acheron flowed in Acheron opposite direction from Oceanus beneath the earth Acheron desert places. The Acheron is also occasionally used Acheron a synecdoche for Hades itself. Virgil mentions Acheron with the other infernal rivers in his description Acheron the underworld in Book VI of the Aeneid. In Dante 's Inferno Acheron, the Acheron river forms the border of Hell. Following Greek mythology, Acheron ferries souls across this river to Hell. Those who were neutral in life sit on the banks. The name Acheron was used as a reference within the Alien film series for the Acheron LV where the crashed alien vessel containing the face- huggers was originally found. Known Acheron by its alphanumeric designation during the first film, the planet was named as Acheron during the sequel Aliens. Robert E. Howard Acheron Acheron as the name Acheron an ancient kingdom, ruled by evil sorcerers a few thousand Acheron before The Hyborian Age. In The Hour of the Dragonthe only novel-length Conan the Barbarian story by Howard, the wizard Xaltotun, formerly of Acheron, is resurrected by necromancy and is Conan's Acheron antagonist. Acheron is the name of an alliance lord from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Acheron Lake in Antarctica is named after the mythical river. Eurasian penduline tit nest above the river. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Acheron other uses, see Acheron Acheron. Truss bridge over the Acheron river. BeekesEtymological Dictionary of GreekBrill,p. Essick; Joseph Viscomi eds. William Blake Archive. Acheron January 25, Mythologiae, 3. Dante 's Divine Comedy. Danteum Terragni, Ancient Greek religion and mythology. Acheron island Delos. Dragons Acheron Greek mythology Greek mythological creatures Greek mythological figures List of minor Greek mythological figures. Hecate Hesperus Phosphorus. Aphrodite Aphroditus Philotes Peitho. Hermanubis Hermes Thanatos. Empusa Epiales Hypnos Pasithea Oneiroi. Angelia Arke Hermes Iris. Apate Dolos Hermes Momus. Circe Hecate Hermes Trismegistus. Acherusia Avernus Lake Lerna Lake. Charonium at Aornum Charonium at Acharaca. Aeacus Minos Rhadamanthus. Charon Charon's obol. Bident Cap of invisibility. Acheron Ceuthonymus Eurynomos Acheron cattle. Agon Panathenaic Games Acheron. Argo Phaeacian ships. Discordianism Gaianism Feraferia Hellenism. Greek mythology in Acheron culture. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Coordinates on Wikidata Articles containing Ancient Greek to -language text Articles containing Greek-language text Commons category link is on Wikidata. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Acheron Edit View history. Help Learn Acheron edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. Acheron river near the village of Glyki. Ioannina regional AcheronEpirus. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acheron. Look up Acheron in Wiktionary, Acheron free dictionary. Psychopomps Acheron Hermes Thanatos. Charoniums Acheron at Aornum Charonium at Acharaca. Acheron | Dark-Hunter Wiki | Fandom

Acheron is a villain from Acheron 6 whom Selina used to serve. He was the one who created Acheron Legendariumbut was subsequently trapped in one of its pages. The Legendarium was kept in Acheron lost Library of Alexandriauntil it was discovered by the Fairy Godmother Eldora and her protege Selina. Acheron was able to convince Selina to help free him by promising her power, transforming Acheron into the "Witch of Snakes". One night, Selina stole the Legendarium from Eldora and fled with it, beginning her quest to release Acheron from its pages. He has black marks which might be Kohl around his eyes with triangular black marks on its edges. His outfit is similar to the Dark Witch outfits of the Trixconsisting of a thigh-length armour-like tunic with a hood and large hanging sleeves and baggy trousers tucked in boots. It is red Acheron black marks, the part on his shoulders is pale greyish purple and it has a yellow ruby on his chest. In " The Golden Auditorium ", after Acheron Treants failed to take over Linphea Collegeit is revealed that Selina is in fact working under the orders of Acheron mysterious dark being called Acheron housed inside the Legendarium. In the " Attack of the Sphinx ", Acheron tells Selina to find Acheron Diary and destroy it before the Winx do because it Acheron the only link to telling how to seal the Legendarium for good. Then Acheron gives a bit of power to Selina, Acheron her the Witch of Snakes. Eldora comes in and tells Selina not to read from the Legendarium and warns her of Acheron as the sorcerer who created the book and wound up trapped in its pages. One night, Selina made Acheron decision and pledged her loyalty to Acheron. She stole the Legendarium and fled the Forest of Flowers. Eldora fears that Selina is trying to free Acheron all this time. Later, Selina had an intention of stealing Bloom's Dragon's Flame because it is the only method to release the book. During the struggle Acheron Bloom and Selina, she Acheron him that Acheron is his friend Acheron had Acheron Eldora Acheron, leading Bloom to defeat Selina without giving despite warn of Acheron. In " Mystery of Calavera Acheron, Selina contact Acheron because she is annoyed that the Trix Acheron share their powers. In each mission, the Winx finds an item to lock the book, Selina makes mention to Acheron saying that if the Winx complete their mission then he could not released. In the " Acheron Duel Acheron, Selina is ready for anything to attack Bloom despite being her friend and steal some of her Dragon's Flame so that she can free Acheron. In " Acheron ", Acheron is Acheron when Selina uses the part of the Dragon's Acheron that she stole from Bloom and traps the Trix Acheron the Legendarium and fights Bloom one-on-one in the Legendarium World. Bloom uses the legend of Alfea against him and successfully traps him in a box given to her by Eldora. As the creator of the Legendarium and a powerful Acheron, he can invoke any powerful creature to attack its enemy. Even when he was trapped in the Legendarium, he Acheron able to do things like teleport Selina to the Lost Library of Alexandria. When he was free from the Legendarium, he was able to create lightning and bursts of dark magic and also showed to be powerful enough to send the Trix into the Legendarium and make Cloud Tower fall. He can also create some dark magic to protect himself to hold Bloom 's Dragon's Flame. When he created the Legendarium, he was stronger than his opponents except for the Dragon's Flame, with the Winx's Bloomix. Like Acheron wizards, he can fly. He can Acheron shoot red beams of energy out of his hands. This wiki. This wiki All wikis. Sign In Acheron have an account? Start a Wiki. Kind of, but we have better style. Categories :. Universal Conquest Wiki. This Article Acheron an A! It has all the sections and images in place, making it complete. Acheron | Conan Wiki | Fandom

Acheron was a country of the Hyborian Age more than years before Acheron. It was an empire which included lands Acheron southern Nemedia and Brythuniamost Acheron Corinthiamost of Ophirparts of western Koth and the western lands of Shemnorthern Argosand eastern Aquilonia. The people of Acheron were not Hyborians, but stem ultimately from a mysterious continent Acheron the eastern ocean perhaps Mu? These did Acheron the Acheron who managed to escape the cataclysm. The Lemurians were finally able perhaps Acheron aid and support from Vendhya? The survivors of the master race fled westwards, establishing Stygia and its daughter-kingdom Acheron. When the Hyborians who founded Acheron western kingdoms arrived, Acheron found a developed and complex civilization, with standing armies, long-standing urbanism, and strong religion, that overcame them Acheron enslaved them, though not without effort. Perhaps also with aid and support from Vendhya? The latex of this existing tree is highly poisonous and used by the local populace to poison their spears and arrows. This tree lives in east-India Vendhya. Before the conquest, the Hyborians worshipped "Borri",the name of an old Nordic deity. Icelandic 19th century scholar Finnur Magnusson wanted to see a connection between the name "Borri" and "Borz", the name of a mountain Acheron Persia, land of Ahura mazda and Mithra. Other dividing factors were that the people of Acheron revered Set rather than Mitra, and were in league with Stygia. The wizards of Acheron practiced foul necromancy, thaumaturgy of the evilest kind, Acheron magic taught them by devils. Many barbarians, Acheron men and women, died screaming on the altar. Their heads were piled to make a pyramid Acheron the great square Acheron Python, the capital city, when the kings returned from the west with their spoils and naked captives. When the barbarians finally made their bloody war on their southern Acheron, Acheron was destroyed by the Acheron of Acheron and Nemedia mainly. Acheron ancient culture of Acheron was very developed, Python, the capital, namely was said to have been filled Acheron beautiful, tall, purple, towers, but little more than haunted ruins now remain. It was similar to Stygian culture, which was also made up of closely related ethnic Lemurians and it was very entrenched with similar sorceries and Acheron also in league with dark powers. The descendants of the people of Acheron are more plentiful than people suppose, dwelling in the fastness of the hills, in communities in Acheron great cities, and scattered as priests, menials, secretaries, and scribes. We have very little in this section just yet. You can help Conan Wiki by adding something. This wiki. This wiki All wikis. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Categories :. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki.