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1、LifeanddeathIamgoingtoexpressmypresentationfromfollowingthreeaspects.Theyare:LifeanddeathinmythsLifeanddeathfortheancientsLifeanddeatharoundus一LifeanddeathinmythsGodsandgoddessesassociatedwithdeathtakemanydifferentforms,dependingonthespecificcultureandreligio
2、nbeingreferenced.1:Osiris(Egyptian):InEgyptianmyth,OsirisisusuallyidentifiedasthegodoftheAfterlife,theunderworld,thedeadandthefloodingoftheNile.Appearanceandstory:Osirisisshownintheformofamummifiedpharaoh木乃伊法老.Hewearsawhitecrownwithfeathersontheside,hasclassb
3、eard,heispartiallymummy-wrappedatthelegsandholdasymboliccrook曲把拐杖andflail连枷;Asyoucansee,Osirishasgreenskin,symbolizingrebirth.Inthemyth,OsiriswasmurderedbyhisbrotherSethbecauseOsiriswaspharaoh,whichSethwantedtobe.OsiriswaskilledwhenSethtrickedhimintogettingin
4、toabox,thenpouringleadontotheboxtosealitsoOsiriscouldnotgetoutofit.However,hiswifeIsisbroughtOsirisbacktolifeforonenight.HedefeatedSethandbecamethepharaoh.Osiris'dutyOneofhisdutiesasLordoftheDeadwastodotheverylastjudgmentoftheDead,andafterthattoprotectpeoplef
5、romthedangersoftheUnderworld.2MengPo(Chinese):MengpoisoneoftheChinesegodswhoarerelatedtodeathandlife.Herjobismakingsurethatsoulsabouttobereincarnated(rebirth)donotrecalltheirprevioustimeonearth.Shebrewsaspecialherbalteaofforgetfulness,whichisgiventoeachsoulbe
6、foretheyreturntothemortalrealm.Thisgoddessappearsasanoldwoman,itissaidthatMengPowasborninHandynasty.Whenshewasachild,shebegantoreciteConfucianismclassicsandBuddhistscriptures.Actually,shewasprettybeautiful.Whenshewasalive,shehadneverrecalledthepast,andneverth
7、oughtaboutthefuture,justgeturgedpeoplenottokillanimals,tobevegetarian.Untileighty-oneyearsold,shewasstillvirgin.Later,grandmamengpowentintoanunnery.Inthosedays,therewerepeoplewhoknewpastlivesandtheyweretendtodisclosethesecretoflifeanddeath.Therefore,MengPowas
8、assignedtobeagoddessandhelpsoulsabouttobereincarnatedforgettheirprevioustimeonearth.Variousmythsandlegendsrelatedtodeatharealsoveryinteresting.Here,Ijustcanpickupalittletosharewithyou.二Li
