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May 1, 2021 · I came across this beautiful description of the Sirens in Karl Kerenyi's Gods of the Greeks (first published in 1951). It seems that far form being the evil seductresses often portrayed in literature, they were in fact guides of the souls to the underworld.
In Greek mythology, Hermes was often referred to as a psychopomp. He was responsible for guiding souls to the underworld. In Egyptian mythology, Anubis was the psychopomp who helped the deceased navigate the afterlife.
Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') [1] are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. [2] Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.
Aug 17, 2023 · This tale follows Sigrid, an ordinary girl with an ordinary horse (also a known animal Psychopomp in many tales), who ends up paired with a treacherous valkyrie, with each trying to get to separate goals.
Siren, in Greek mythology, a creature half bird and half woman who lures sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. In Homer’s Odyssey, the Greek hero Odysseus escapes the danger of the Sirens’ song by stopping the ears of his crew with wax and having himself tied to the mast.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 21, 2013 · Izanami-no-Mikoto is not a psychopomp in the traditional sense. She is a shinigami: To the followers of Shinto, this is a god or goddess who can cause the deaths of mortals, directly or indirectly. In fact, Izanami-no-Mikoto translates into English as “ she who invites .”
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Dec 9, 2020 · According to his Metamorphoses, they were once ordinary maidens who accompanied Persephone, but when she was abducted by Pluto (Hades in the original Greek myth), they requested some wings from the gods, so they could go in search of Persephone. And the Sirens are bound up, curiously, with Italy.
