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Psychopomps (from the Gr**** word ψυχοπομπός,
psychopompós,
literally meaning the 'guide of souls') are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or
deities in...
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examples being Patroclus and
Hector in the Iliad). Alternatively,
Hermes Psychopompos could also be
relied upon to lead the
deceased to the
underworld and...
- His
duties as a
Guide of the Dead were
sometimes su****ded by
Hermes Psychopompos. Conversely,
Thanatos may have
originated as a mere
aspect of Hermes...
- wayfarers. Oneiropompus,
conductor of dreams. Poimandres,
shepherd of men.
Psychopompos,
conveyor or
conductor of souls, and psychogogue,
conductor or leader...
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souls escaped and to them
necessarily returned, and that
Hermes was
Psychopompos,
Evoker and
Revoker of souls. The vase-painting is in fact only another...
- her
magic works best at
night Hermes, the
messenger god who
acted as
psychopompos Hypnos,
personification of sleep, twin of Thanatos, his
Roman counterpart...
- heart. By Tertullian's time,
Mercury was
identified with Gr****
Hermes psychopompos, who led
souls into the underworld.
Tertullian describes these events...
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Thanatos generally represents a
gentle death. Thanatos, led by
Hermes psychopompos,
takes the
shade of the
deceased to the near s**** of the
river Styx...
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present involve the
meeting and
escort of the dead, in the role of
psychopompos, who are
either walking or
being transported on horseback, wagon, or...
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souls escaped and to them
necessarily returned, and that
Hermes was
Psychopompos,
Evoker and
Revoker of souls. The vase-painting is in fact only another...
