Psychopomp (redirect from Psychopompos)
Psychopomps (from the Greek 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...
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His duties as a Guide of the Dead were sometimes superseded by Hermes Psychopompos.[citation needed] The god's character is established by Hesiod in the...
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Charon with punt pole standing in his boat, receiving Hermes psychopompos who leads a deceased woman. Thanatos Painter, ca. 430 BC...
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wayfarers. Oneiropompus, conductor of dreams. Poimandres, shepherd of men. Psychopompos, conveyor or conductor of souls, and psychogogue, conductor or leader...
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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]...
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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...
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her magic works best at night Hermes, the messenger god who acted as psychopompos Hypnos, personification of sleep, twin of Thanatos, his Roman counterpart...
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heart. By Tertullian's time, Mercury was identified with Greek Hermes psychopompos, who led souls into the underworld. Tertullian describes these events...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Tomb of Judgment showing religious imagery of the afterlife (Hermes Psychopompos) Another fresco from the Tomb of Judgment showing imagery of the afterlife...
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Gamwell—1925" "Brick Row" "The Messenger" "To Klarkash-ton, Lord of Averoigne" "Psychopompos" "The Book" "Pursuit" "The Key" "Recognition" "Homecoming" "The Lamp"...
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funereal attributions, not only as a protector of tombs but also as a psychopompos god. References to Apollo Grannus and Sirona, divinities widespread in...
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a Suburb" "Primavera" "October" "To a Dreamer" "Despair" "Nemesis" "Psychopompos" "The Book" "Pursuit" "The Key" "Recognition" "Homecoming" "The Lamp"...
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