According to old sources Charon is considered to be a spirit of the underworld or a daemon. As said earlier, he was an offspring of first born gods Erebus and Nyx. Nyx and Erebus were believed to be siblings and their union gave birth to other deities such as Aether, Hemera, the Hesperides, Hypnos, the Moirai, Geras, Styx, and Thanatos.