Xolotl from Aztec mythology helps in the crossing of a jaguar-filled river of blood and a field filled with flying knives on the journey to Mictlan.
The Aborigines consider the morning star Barnumbirr to be one of these, while the owl-headed Muut is this figure to the Cahuilla tribe. Animals associated with these include dolphins to the Romans and horses to the Celts and Teutons. The Inuit consider the Aurora Borealis to be flickering torchlights lit by these figures, while in Japanese mythology, one of these figures, Jizo, hides children under his robe to save them from having to wait on the shores of the Sanzu River for all eternity. Xolotl from Aztec mythology helps in the crossing of a jaguar-filled river of blood and a field filled with flying knives on the journey to Mictlan. Their collective name, literally meaning "guide of souls," is derived from the epithet of one of their most well-known examples, Hermes. For 10 points, name these figures whose function is to escort the souls of the dead to the afterlife, represented in Norse mythology by the Valkyries.
The Aborigines consider the morning star Barnumbirr to be one of these, while the owl-headed Muut is this figure to the Cahuilla tribe.
{psychopomps} [{also} accept “{guides} of the {dead}” or anything similar until “{guide} of {souls}” is read. Do not accept “{Death}”]