psychopomp
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psychopomp
- /ˈsaɪkəʊpɒmp/ UK
- /ˈsaɪkoʊpɑmp/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin psȳchopompus, from Ancient Greek ψῡχοπομπός (psūkhopompós), from ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “soul”) + πομπός (pompós, “conductor”).
noun psychopomps
- A spirit, deity, person, etc., who guides the souls of the dead to the afterlife. 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
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noun entity who assists souls
| Español | psicopompo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | お迎え現象 omukae genshō |
| 中文 | 灵魂向导 |
| Português | psicopompo |
| Français | psychopompe |
| Deutsch | Psychopomp |
| Italiano | psicopompo |
| Ελληνικά | ψυχοπομπός psychopompós |
| Română | psihopomp |
| Русский | психопо́мп psixopómp |
| العربية | مُرْشِد الأَرْوَاح muršid al-ʔarwāḥ |
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