psychopomp

/ˈsʌɪkə(ʊ)pɒmp/

noun

1. (in Greek mythology) a guide of souls to the place of the dead.

   • the spiritual guide of a living person's soul.

     "a psychopomp figure who stays by her and walks in her dreams"

THIS IS ANUBIS; AN EGYPTIAN PSYCHOPOMP. PROTECTOR OF GRAVES AND AN EMBALMER, HE USHERS SOULS INTO THE AFTERLIFE BY WEIGHING THE HEARTS OF THE DECEASED, DETERMINING WHETHER A SOUL WOULD BE ALLOWED INTO THE REALM OF THE DEAD. OFTEN DEPICTED IN HIEROGLYPHS WITH CANINE FEATURES AND THE FUR OF THE AFRICAN GOLDEN WOLF.

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