Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

Episode Forty: HALLOWEEN Psychopomps - Hermes and his dorky lil' sandals

Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN, FIENDS! Niamh takes us on a tour of Psychompomps, those figures who transport souls to the afterlife. From Anubis in Egypt to Hermes in Greece, to Epona, the Valkyries, Gwyn Ap Nudd and Azrael, every culture has some form of death shepherd. Thanks so much for sticking with us for Season 2 :)

S O U R C E S: https://cfa.lmu.edu/labandgallery/exhibitions/pastexhibitions/2017/psychopomp/ Encyclopedia Of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell https://www.britannica.com/topic/Azrael https://www.crowsbone.com/blogarchive/into-the-underworld-psychopomps-and-deities-of-death https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-story-of-anubis-american-research-center-in-egypt/3wWRSNl-AUDRvA?hl=en https://www.psychopomps.org/psychopomp-guide.html https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/45247581/2015_Mackin_Ellie_1018354_ethesis.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/grim-reaper.htm https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/enlighten/guiding-souls-psychopomps-in-mythology-a nd-folklore/ https://phoenixalchemyjewellery.co.uk/gwyn-ap-nudd-my-favourite-welsh-folktale/ https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0308/ch12.xhtml

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