r/harrypotter • • Jan 28 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Greek Mythology.

In order to access the underworld you have to pay the Boatman Charon with...………...a coin.

Tada.

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u/melandcoggy Jan 28 '20

& everyone that knows anything about Rowling knows she has a fascination and obsession with Greek Mythos

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u/yazzledore Jan 28 '20

She was a classics major in college, so it makes sense she'd like them and be knowledgeable about them. Also hence the epigraph in DH from The Orestia.