Definition of "psychopomp" [psy•cho•pomp]

• One who guides the souls of the dead to the afterlife. (noun)

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• "The psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and conscious realms."
• "We have seen that the original werewolf, howling in the wintry blast, is a kind of psychopomp, or leader of departed souls; he is the wild ancestor of the death-dog, whose voice under the window of a sick-chamber is even now a sound of ill-omen."
• "Death is sometimes portrayed in fiction and occultism as angel of death (note that the name "Azrael" does not appear in any versions of either the psychopomp is a spirit, deity, or other being whose task is to conduct the souls of the recently dead into the afterlife."