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Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') [1] are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. [2] Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.
Psychopomps is an electro-industrial band from Denmark formed by Jesper Schmidt and Flemming Norre Larsen. [1] They were signed to Zoth Ommog Records [2] in the early 1990s followed by Cleopatra Records. [3] Their early records were recorded at Strip Studios by their close friend and label mate, Claus Larsen of Leaether Strip.
A category for psychopomps in religion, historical traditions and popular culture. These are creatures, spirits, angels, demons or deities whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife.
Fan Wujiu, who was on time, waited under the bridge. The heavy rain caused flooding in the area under the bridge. Fan Wujiu refused to leave because he wanted to keep his promise to his colleague, and eventually drowned. When Xie Bi'an arrived, he was saddened to see that Fan Wujiu had drowned, so he committed suicide by hanging himself.
Ravens in stories often act as psychopomps, connecting the material world with the world of spirits. French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss proposed a structuralist theory that suggests the raven (like the coyote) obtained mythic status because it was a mediator animal between life and death. [1]
Statue of Death, personified as a human skeleton dressed in a shroud and clutching a scythe, at the Cathedral of Trier in Trier, Germany. Personifications of death are found in many religions and mythologies.
Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC. In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ ˈ k ɛər ɒ n,-ən / KAIR-on, -ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων Ancient Greek pronunciation: [kʰá.rɔːn]) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld.
In the city of Gujaareh, power is divided between the secular Prince and the religious Hetawa temple. The Hetawa practices dream-based magic called narcomancy in service to the goddess Hananja. The Hetawa is divided into four orders: Teachers, Sentinels (warriors), Sharers (healers), and Gatherers (psychopomps). The Gatherers are a select group ...