Acherusia

Acherusia is a name given by the Greeks to some swampland in Egypt near Heliopolis. Some said that it was a lake, not a swamp. de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.5
== Legends ==
It was believed that the spirits dead who had been deemed worthy of honoured burial crossed this swamp to reach the afterlife, while those who weren't given honours and simply buried in the nearby cemetery instead wandered the edges of the marsh, unable to cross it.
== References ==
Category:Dictionnaire Infernal