This is similar to Genesis, where at the beginning God was in the middle of darkness and emptiness. However, in the Iroquois tale, in the beginning there are birds and a void of air along with the emptiness and darkness. ... The Iroquois twin brothers hated each other even before birth and when the left-handed twin caused the death of their mother, the right-handed twin could not forgive him. ...

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Grendel's mother lives in a dark and hidden, "hole" (cavern) and "hollow place which denotes the hell where Devil lives. ... Jesus faces much tribulation and hatred so also is Beowulf who fought with different monster and fairy to deliver his loving people from the death. ... Beowulf who comes to save the land could represent Jesus and his death was like that of Jesus. He was death of voluntary death. ... They both pass through death and rebirth. ...

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Phenomenon of Satanism in contemporary society Membership in satanic sects, the participation in the rites introduced by them, the evocation of demonic entities, the personal and sole cult of the devil, and the affirmation of ideas deriving from the era of Satanism, have assumed an unexpected di...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After he witnesses Lupito's death, Antonio becomes worried with sin, punishment, and the loss of innocence. ... Ultima uses Catholic terms in her explanations to Antonio since Antonio is trying to make sense of Lupito's death within a Catholic outline. ... Is the Virgin mourning his death? ... Antonio's open mind allows him to realize that both religions represent different ways of making sense of the same issues of life, death, good, and evil. ...

• Word Count: 3136
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is these powers of destruction as well as the uncertainty of death that reminds us of our weaknesses and helplessness. ... In religion, life in the world is meant to serve a higher purpose; and death, not extinction but the beginning of a new kind of higher existence. This life after death is the perfection that we have missed in life. In the end all good is rewarded and all evil punished, in the form of life, or life after death. ...

• Word Count: 3198
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate