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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Many sets of [[religion|religious beliefs]] have a particular [[spiritual being|spirit]], [[deity]], [[demon]] or [[angel]] whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to the [[afterlife]], such as [[Heaven]] or [[Hell]]. These creatures are called '''psychopomps''', from the Greek word ''&psi;&upsilon;&chi;&omicron;&pi;&omicron;&mu;&pi;&oacute;&sigmaf;'' (''psychopompos''), literally meaning the 'guide of souls'.<br />
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They were often associated with horses, whippoorwills, ravens, dogs, crows, sparrows, harts (that is, male deer), and dolphins.<br />
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*[[Aztec mythology]]<br />
*#[[Xolotl]]<br />
*[[Cahuilla mythology]]<br />
*#[[Muut]]<br />
*[[Celtic mythology]]<br />
*#[[Belatu-Cadros]] (especially [[Wales]])<br />
*#[[Epona]]<br />
*#[[Ogmios]]<br />
*#[[Ankou]]<br />
*[[Christian mythology]]<br />
*#[[Michael the Archangel]]<br />
*#[[Saint Peter]]<br />
*[[Egyptian mythology]]<br />
*#[[Anubis]]<br />
*#[[Neith]]<br />
*#[[Horus]]<br />
*#[[Set (mythology)|Set]]<br />
*#[[Thoth]]<br />
*[[English mythology]]<br />
*#[[Waetla]]<br />
*[[Etruscan mythology]]<br />
*#[[Turms]]<br />
*[[Greek mythology]]<br />
*#[[Artemis]]<br />
*#[[Charon (mythology)|Charon]]<br />
*#[[Hermes]]<br />
*[[Hindu mythology]]<br />
*#[[Agni]]<br />
*#[[Pushan]]<br />
*#[[Yama]]<br />
*[[Inuit mythology]]<br />
*#[[Anguta]]<br />
*#[[Pinga]]<br />
*[[Islamic mythology]]<br />
*#[[Azrael]]<br />
*#[[Nakir and Munkar]]<br />
*[[Japanese mythology]]<br />
*#[[Shinigami]]<br />
*[[Maya mythology]]<br />
*#[[Ixtab]]<br />
*[[Norse mythology]]<br />
*#[[Baldur]]<br />
*#[[Odin]]<br />
*[[Persian mythology]]<br />
*#[[Mithra]]<br />
*[[Polynesian mythology]]<br />
*#[[Aumakua]]<br />
*[[Roman mythology]]<br />
*#[[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]]<br />
*[[Slavic mythology]]<br />
*#[[Veles (god)|Volos]]<br />
*[[Vodun]]<br />
*#[[Guédé]]<br />
*[[Zoroastrianism]]<br />
*#[[Vohu Mano]]<br />
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Compare [[Virgil]]'s role in [[Dante]]'s [[Inferno]].<br />
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==References==<br />
*Wikipedia (2005). ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopomp Psychopomp].'' Retrieved Nov 18 2005</div>
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