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'''Death''' is the end of a living thing's [[life]]. What death is and what occurs after death is a matter of some debate, particularly where [[religion]] is involved, since most religions have mutually exclusive views on death.
One assumption is that nothing happens after one dies and the body simply rots away (this would imply people do not have spirits or [[souls]]).
Religions deal with this issue in different ways. The concept of the [[afterlife]] is reassuring, and many have reported heavenly experiences in near death experiences.<ref>[http://bibleprobe.com/nde.htm http://bibleprobe.com/nde.htm]</ref>
Death is something people fear to varying degrees (and is a matter of taboo in some cultures). Some argue that it is the end of all, and the opposite of life.
As the body of the deceased remains observably dead and eventually decomposes, afterlife belief requires the concept of a [[soul]] - a version of the deceased which continues to exist in some form after death.
==Personification==
Certain peoples often use a personification of death. Known to us some as the Grim Reaper or simply Death. In modern times, he usually appears wearing a black hooded robe and carrying a scythe. Many religions had a god or deity who stood for death and/or the afterlife:
*[[Ankou]] (Breton)
*[[Hades]] ([[Greece|Greek]])
*[[Hel]] (Norse)
*[[Hun-Came]] ([[Maya|Mayan]])
*[[Izanami]] (Shinto)
*[[Kamatayan]] ([[Philippines]])
*[[Loki]] (Norse)
*[[Mictlantecuhtli]] ([[Aztec]])
*[[The Morrigan]] ([[Ireland|Irish]])
*[[Mors]] ([[Rome|Roman]])
*[[Mot]] (Canaanite)
*[[Odin]] (Norse)
*[[Osiris]] ([[Egypt]]ian)
*[[Shemal]] (Semitic)
*[[Shinigami]] ([[Japan]]ese)
*[[Sielulintu]], [[Kalma]], [[Surma]] (Finnish)
*[[Thanatos]] (Greek)
*[[Tuoni]] (Finnish)
*[[Yama]] ([[Hinduism|Hindu]])
*[[Yanluo]] ([[China|Chinese]])
==Religious Interpretations==
Many religious people, including [[Christians]], believe only their bodies die, not their souls. They believe they have everlasting life in either heaven or hell once their corporal life has ended. Other Christians believe that the noncorporeal soul may die in the future, or that the death of the body equates to the death of the soul.{{fact}}
''Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
I am that bread of life.''
- John 5:46-48 King James Version
Other religions, such as [[Paganism]] or [[Hinduism]], believe in [[reincarnation]] - the body will die but the soul will be transferred into a new-born, and they will live again.
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== References ==
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