Hermes was their psychopomp. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and conscious realms. From Wordnik.com. [Hibernation Time?] Reference
We have seen that the original werewolf, howling in the wintry blast, is a kind of psychopomp, or leader of departed souls; he is the wild ancestor of the death-dog, whose voice under the window of a sick-chamber is even now a sound of ill-omen. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology] Reference
Death is sometimes portrayed in fiction and occultism as angel of death (note that the name "Azrael" does not appear in any versions of either the psychopomp is a spirit, deity, or other being whose task is to conduct the souls of the recently dead into the afterlife. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Hermes is the traveller who moves between worlds and was also thought of as a psychopomp. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on the etymology of Greek ἀκακαλίς] Reference
Although, in Jungian psychology, the psychopomp and healer go together in form of the shaman. From Wordnik.com. [Hibernation Time?] Reference
If you were to speak to a Jungian psychologist, a psychopomp would be described as the mediator between the conscious and unconscious minds. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
In all the sources, Anubis emerged as a psychopomp — the creature charged with ushering the souls of the dying from this world to the next. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
We forget that the husband carrying his wife over the threshold symbolizes a psychopomp carrying the soul to another world – hopefully a paradise where the couple will be “happy ever afterwards.”. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
I would add that the therapist/psychopomp must also be able to guide a client into the realm of the soul, safely, and help them acclimate to the energies and experiences such a "soul reclamation" entails. From Wordnik.com. [Hibernation Time?] Reference
A psychopomp is, according to C.G. Jung, "a mediator between the conscious and the unconscious"; put another way, he or she is the one who has been lost from home and yet has returned home, but with a purpose: to help others who are lost find their way home. From Wordnik.com. [Home, by Wally Bubelis] Reference
Does he actually kill people, or is he merely a psychopomp?. From Wordnik.com. [The Toque] Reference
Stepping off my soapbox. psychopomp Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10: 18 PM EST what is dial idol?!. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
As the souls of the departed are symbolized as rats, so is the psychopomp himself often figured as a dog. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology] Reference
Not unlike most psychopomp aficionados, McKenna's introduction to the realm of psychedelic phenomena came through Aldous Huxley's. From Wordnik.com. [Disinformation] Reference
Hermes, a grisly psychopomp, bowing his head in minished glory, and leading men's souls no longer aloft but downwards -- down to the pale regions of things that have been?. From Wordnik.com. [Old Calabria] Reference
Anya clenched her fists, trying to resist the urge to strangle the psychopomp’s laconic throat. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
I was no psychopomp of damnation. i was an angel of mercy, tossing these blessed thieves into a paradise. the only lingering pain is the loss of the tribe. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
I am a psychopomp. From Wordnik.com. [Previously, on Twitter] Reference
“You met a psychopomp.”. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
Okay, says I, so what is a psychopomp?. From Wordnik.com. [Ceraunos and Cernunnos] Reference
Perhaps he is a psychopomp in the making. From Wordnik.com. [Home, by Wally Bubelis] Reference
This third character is the guide, or psychopomp. From Wordnik.com. [Home, by Wally Bubelis] Reference
For its kinship to myths of the wind as a musician, and as a psychopomp or leader of souls, see Baring-Gould, "Curious Myths of the. From Wordnik.com. [Dramatic Romances] Reference
Swan-maiden as psychopomp, 102. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology] Reference
The Shaman is a psychopomp. From Wordnik.com. [Square No More] Reference
"It's like encountering a psychopomp. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
2002-07-22 - psychopomp and circumstance. From Wordnik.com. [thejanechord Diary Entry] Reference
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