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Psychai, the Glossary

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Psychai are the diminutive, winged shades of the dead in Greek mythology and some fifth century BC funerary lekythoi.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 6 relations: Greek mythology, Homer, Pindar, Shade (mythology), Soul, Spirit (animating force).

  2. Greek ghosts
  3. Heart
  4. Vitalism

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Pindar

Pindar (Πίνδαρος; Pindarus) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes.

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Shade (mythology)

In poetry and literature, a shade (translating Greek σκιά, Latin umbra) is the spirit or ghost of a dead person, residing in the underworld.

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Soul

In many religious and philosophical traditions, the soul is the non-material essence of a person, which includes one's identity, personality, and memories, an immaterial aspect or essence of a living being that is believed to be able to survive physical death.

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Spirit (animating force)

In philosophy and religion, spirit is the vital principle or animating essence within humans or, in some views, all living things. Psychai and spirit (animating force) are Vitalism.

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See also

Greek ghosts

Heart

Vitalism

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychai