Acheron Cocytus and Phlegethon both flowed. The Roman poet Virgil called it the principal river of Tartarus, from which the Styx and Cocytus both sprang. The newly dead would be ferried across the Acheron by Charon in order to enter the Underworld. 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 Demeter, who had been turned into the Underworld river bearing his name after he refreshed the Titans with drink during their contest
Legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu Legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu The legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu is a Mapuche flood myth that tells the story of a fierce battle between two mythical snakes, "Trentren Vilu" (trentren="related with the earth", vilu="snake") and "Caicai Vilu" (Caicai="related to water", vilu="snake").It explains how the south of Chile came to have its accidented geography. According to the Mapuche, these two snakes were originally the children of the most powerful pillans, who were converted into their animal forms as punishment.Peripillán's son was turned into a huge snake that would be Caicai and Antu's son turned into a