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The black-hooded antwren (Myrmotherula urosticta), Bahia tapaculo (Scytalopus psychopompus) and Dubois 'seed-eater (Sporophila falcirostris) are just a few restricted range species that utilize the mangroves in this area.
Bahia mangroves 2008
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Safely up in the light, he vowed he would stay; but old Hermes psychopompus forcibly dragged him down.
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863
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The belief that pious souls are guided to heaven by a psychopompus, is found not only in the mysteries of Mithra (_Mon. myst.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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