Ep. 86: Psychopomps

Every culture that has ever left records has agreed on one thing about death: you don't make the crossing alone. In this episode, host Shelby Bundy explores the guides—Hermes on the banks of the Styx, Anubis with the feather and the scale, the Valkyries who rode with the fallen—and the butterflies and birds that carried the same understanding into folk tradition when old mythologies were replaced. Listen in as we explore what the psychopomp tells us about how humans have always understood acc...