Psychopomps

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Psychopomps: From Death to the Afterlife

Posted by Sharon Deans on January 20, 2011 in Blog tagged with ,

Psychopomps is an ancient Greek word that refers to the conductors or guides who lead souls from death to the afterlife. In mythology they include Charon, who guards the gates of the Underworld, Hermes, the wing-footed messenger God, the Anubis of Egypt, and Apollo. In a recent exhibition of the same name by taxidermist and sculptor Polly Morgan...