After examining the bas-relief closely, you understand that it depicts not just an allegorical image of death,

After examining the bas-relief closely, you understand that it depicts not just an allegorical image of death, but also its partial incarnation. This is how the cyclopes imagined Charon — the godlike Horseman of Death, one of the Four Horsemen and an archdaemon of Abaddon. Unlike Pharasma, who shepherds and judges souls after their deaths, Charon is an extremely evil entity who is believed to actively participate in the process of transferring the souls of the living into the afterlife. Secret cults worshiping Charon exist to this day.