The constellation
E489 Abode of the dead – miscellaneous
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- Abode of the dead · E480 entry
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- Dead awaken after three days to new life and great wisdom · E489.1 entry
- Life in land of dead contrary to ours. People grow younger and smaller till they become nothing and are reborn · E489.2 entry
- Forgetting Charon's fee. Philosopher forgets to put coin in mouth before death (Charon's fee). Charon: "Don't you know the custom?" Answer: "Yes, but I couldn't put off dying for a quarter!" · E489.3 entry
- Man's spirit in land of dead prophesies his own future death · E489.4 entry
- Dancing in afterworld · E489.5 entry
- Culture hero gambles with ruler of the afterworld: result, death or increase in game · E489.6 entry
- Judas Iscariot appears in midst of sea on rock washed alternately by fiery and icy waves. (Cf. Q560.2.3.) · E489.7 entry
- Why living cannot go to land of the dead · E489.8 entry
- In land of dead the dead walk on grass without bending it and on mud without sinking. (Cf. F973.2.) · E489.9 entry
- Land of dead "in Abraham's bosom" · E489.10 entry
- Inhabitants of land of dead have great thirst · E489.11 entry