Styx goddess and river of the underworld. #Dead #Underworld #greekgods #Hades #kratos

Styx goddess and river of the underworld/ #Dead #Underworld #greekgods #Hades #hadesandpersephone The River Styx, also called the River of Hades, was one of the five rivers in the Underworld that separated the realm of the living from the realm of the dead. The River Styx was the main Underworld river that the other four rivers connected to. The Fields of Asphodel, the area where the ordinary dead resided, was across the river.

In Greek mythology, Styx was a goddess and river of the Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas,
The word styx literally means “shuddering” and expresses loathing of death. In Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, the gods swear by the water of the Styx as their most binding oath. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, if a god perjured himself, he was rendered insensible for a year and then banished from the divine society for nine years. Mother of Kratos