The name, meaning "Hateful River," of one of the five rivers in Greek mythology that surround Hades. The other four rivers are the Acheron ("River of Woe"), the Cocytus ("River of Wailing"), the Lethe ("River of Forgetfulness"), and the Pyriphlegethon ("The Fiery River").
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matthew Ash McKernan, author of the new Wyrdcraft.
The weird, wild, and wonderful English psych-rock band Hawkwind said it well in their song, "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago." What this "wrong...