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The Rivers of HadesThere are five rivers that separate Hades from the world of the living, they are:
  • Acheron - the river of woe
  • Cocytus - the river of lamentation
  • Phlegethon - the river of fire
  • Lethe - the river of forgetfulness
  • Styx - the river of hate

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Styx is the most well known river that flows through Hades.

The five rivers of the Realm of Hades, and their symbolic meanings, are Acheron (the river of sorrow, or woe), Cocytus (lamentation), Phlegethon (fire), Lethe (oblivion), and Styx (hate).

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