psychopomp

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɪkə(ʊ)pɒmp/
(also psychopompos)

noun

  • (in Greek mythology) a guide of souls to the place of the dead.
  • the spiritual guide of a living person’s soul: [as modifier]: a psychopomp figure who stays by her and walks in her dreams

Origin:

from Greek psukhopompos, from psukhē 'soul' + pompos 'conductor'