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deities of life and death  

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  • Diverse cultures of antiquity mythologized a diverse set of deities of life and death. Most reside in a land of life after death, sometimes as judges, and some are male while others are female. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Deities of Life and Death]

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