Psychopomp
50 books featuring this archetype
The Psychopomp guides souls across death’s threshold. This figure ensures orderly passage and prevents dangerous hauntings.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian
Rigveda
Anonymous • Indian
Book of the Dead
Anonymous • Egyptian
Early Upanishads
Anonymous • Indian
Atharvaveda
Anonymous • Indian
Avesta
Various • Persian
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous • Greek
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava • Indian
Pyramid Texts
Anonymous • Egyptian
Aranyakas
Anonymous • Indian
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators • Mesoamerican
Bundahishn
Anonymous • Persian
Greater Bundahishn
Anonymous • Persian
Lesser Bundahishn
Anonymous • Persian
Mwindo Epic
Oral Tradition • African
Soushen Ji
Gan Bao • East Asian
Litany of Re
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Book of Caverns
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous • Egyptian
Eridu Genesis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Book of Arda Viraf
Anonymous • Persian
Denkard
Adurfarnbag ī Farruxzādān and Adurbad ī Emēdān • Persian
Book of the Earth
Anonymous • Egyptian