Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in...

examples being Patroclus and Hector in the Iliad). Alternatively, Hermes Psychopompos could also be relied upon to lead the deceased to the underworld and...

Charon with punt pole standing in his boat, receiving Hermes psychopompos who leads a deceased woman. Thanatos Painter, ca. 430 BC...

His duties as a Guide of the Dead were sometimes superseded by Hermes Psychopompos.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...

Wisconsin [c. May 27, 1918] On a Battlefield in Picardy [May 30, 1918] Psychopompos: A Tale in Rhyme [late 1917-summer 1918] A June Afternoon [June 1918]...

Thanatos generally represents a gentle death. Thanatos, led by Hermes psychopompos, takes the shade of the deceased to the near shore of the river Styx...

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 Greek Hermes psychopompos, who led souls into the underworld. Tertullian describes these events...

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...

is 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...

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...

Tomb of Judgment showing religious imagery of the afterlife (Hermes Psychopompos) Another fresco from the Tomb of Judgment showing imagery of the afterlife...

Gamwell—1925" "Brick Row" "The Messenger" "To Klarkash-ton, Lord of Averoigne" "Psychopompos" "The Book" "Pursuit" "The Key" "Recognition" "Homecoming" "The Lamp"...

funereal attributions, not only as a protector of tombs but also as a psychopompos god. References to Apollo Grannus and Sirona, divinities widespread in...

a Suburb" "Primavera" "October" "To a Dreamer" "Despair" "Nemesis" "Psychopompos" "The Book" "Pursuit" "The Key" "Recognition" "Homecoming" "The Lamp"...