Belief in the life to come — Mythoi

Motif

Belief in the life to come.

Religion. · Religious beliefs. · Particular dogmas. · view the constellation · filed as V311

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XIII
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CLIII
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XII

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.
general *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 272b

Within the index

Filed under Particular dogmas.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Doctrine of immortality taught by druids Man converted to belief in future life on deathbed. Feels sure nevertheless that nothing will come of it Dying man refuses to believe in life to come Given choice between life and heaven, person chooses latter

Filed beside it

Belief in Immaculate Conception. (Cf. T510.) Last judgment Belief in the Atonement Efficacy of prayer The chosen people

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