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
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Early Upanishads
Anonymous
300 BCE-200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Atharvaveda
Anonymous
1-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Pyramid Texts
Anonymous
2350-2150 BCE
Egyptian
Aranyakas
Anonymous
600-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators
1540-1577 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Greater Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1100 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Lesser Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Mwindo Epic
Oral Tradition
1950-1960 CE
African, Nyanga
Soushen Ji
Gan Bao
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Litany of Re
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Caverns
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous
1290-1180 BCE
Egyptian
Eridu Genesis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Book of Arda Viraf
Anonymous
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Denkard
Adurfarnbag ī Farruxzādān and Adurbad ī Emēdān
800-1000 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Book of the Earth
Anonymous
1145-1137 BCE
Egyptian