Since no one is bothering to actually answer your question, allow me to take a shot.
link is actually very real. He's a metaphor. In many stories, legends, and mythologies, he is the personification of death, though he makes no judgment on your eternal soul. He, like death, simply is, and he, like death, simply exists to take wewe away from this life. He doesn't shepherd wewe to Heaven, Hell, au Limbo. He just shepherds wewe into death.
In common modern perception of Christianity, it's
link who guards the gates to Heaven. While God alone judges wewe and where wewe spend your Afterlife, it's commonly believed that it's St. Peter who possesses the orodha and the knowledge of whether au not wewe may enter the gates. Scripture has him as holding the keys to Heaven (
link), but this image of Peter as a gatekeeper has been embellished kwa cartoonists, joke-tellers, and modern pop culture.
In truth, it's not explicitly stated either way. Many believe angels carry wewe to Heaven, and demons drag wewe to Hell. Many believe wewe don't know until wewe get there. Many believe wewe don't get carried au dragged anywhere, but spontaneously awaken there upon the moment of your death. Who's to say, and who can know, until our own times come.
Hope that I was somewhat helpful.
