> over time, nemty became considered simply as the god of ferrymen and was consequently depicted as a falcon standing on a boat, a reference to horus, who was originally considered as a falcon. as god of ferrymen, he gained the title nemty, meaning (one who) travels. his later cult center was in antaeopolis, but also in per-nemty (house of nemty) in the 12th upper egyptian nome > the name charon is most often explained as a proper noun from  (charon), a poetic form of  (charops) 'of keen gaze', referring either to fierce, flashing, or feverish eyes, or to eyes of a bluish-gray color. the word may be a euphemism for death. flashing eyes may indicate the anger or irascibility of charon as he is often characterized in literature, but the etymology is not certain. the ancient historian diodorus siculus thought that the ferryman and his name had been imported from egypt > of belzebuth, the livre des esperitz states fut appell devant le temps de salomon anthaon, meaning he was called, before the times of solomon, anthaon. the name anthaon is identifiable with that of antaeus, the giant of berber and greek myth who placed dante and virgil into the ninth circle of hell in the inferno > the greek form of this name was derived from that of the egyptian ferryman god anti or nemty, whose cult center was antaeopolis in upper egypt located in the proximity of modern-day qaw el-kebir, near the town of tahta, which is in close proximity to the location of the tomb of the serpent saint heredy or el-haridi, whose legend is closely linked to that of the spirit asmoday. verifying the connection to another underworld ferryman is the alteration made to this passage found in the book of offices, which states before the tyme of solomon [he] was thought to be the god charon.
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