Psychopomp

/ˈsaɪkəʊpɒmp/

Synonyms for "psychopomp" (9 found)

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Noun(2 words)
afterlife guidedeath escort

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
guide of soulsguiding figurehermes

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
liminal guidesoul guidethreshold guidetransition guide

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guideimaginary beingimaginary creaturemediatormythological beingspirit

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afterlife escortdeath messengerfictional psychopompliterary psychopompsoul guide

Collocations

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afterlife escortliminal guidemythological psychopomppsychopomp figuresoul guide

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As the souls of the departed are symbolized as rats, so is the psychopomp himself often figured as a dog. Sarameias, the Vedic counterpart of Hermes and Odin, sometimes appears invested with canine attributes; and countless other examples go to show that by the early Aryan mind the howling wind was conceived as a great dog or wolf.

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It is generally assumed that the sun goddess functions in the Shapash hymn as psychopomp, transporter of the dead to and from their netherly abode.

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These intermediaries take various forms: the psychopomps of the Neo platonists, the angelic beings of ritual magic, the spirit guides of theosophy, the aliens of modern Ufologists, and the neopagan gods which are a feature of late twentieth-century alternative thought.

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For most of us, Dr Wilder Penrose was our amiable Prospero, the psychopomp who steered our darkest dreams towards the daylight.

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