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Page 139
Inuit believed that after death the personal soul travelled to either the Underworld
, a place with an abundance of game animals and where the souls of dead kin
and friends would be reunited , or to an upper world of eternal starvation and cold
...
Inuit believed that after death the personal soul travelled to either the Underworld
, a place with an abundance of game animals and where the souls of dead kin
and friends would be reunited , or to an upper world of eternal starvation and cold
...
Page 154
Death is the inevitable consequence of life , and holds no fear in Indian myth , for
in this world of duality neither life nor death have meaning without each other .
Death is the precursor of life , which all must come to terms with , as described in
...
Death is the inevitable consequence of life , and holds no fear in Indian myth , for
in this world of duality neither life nor death have meaning without each other .
Death is the precursor of life , which all must come to terms with , as described in
...
Page 285
In the Mesoamerican worldview , the spiritual boundaries between life and death
were indistinct , and humans , animals , ancestors and gods could mingle in spirit
form , changing their outward appearance . Time itself was cyclical , and events ...
In the Mesoamerican worldview , the spiritual boundaries between life and death
were indistinct , and humans , animals , ancestors and gods could mingle in spirit
form , changing their outward appearance . Time itself was cyclical , and events ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World Mythology |
| Editor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Parragon Incorporated, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1405447672, 9781405447676 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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