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Stories From the Afterlife

Exploring eight ancient stories about life after death

World Service,8 episodes

Episodes

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Buddhism
Stories of Sukhavati in Buddhism and how they relate to reincarnation
28 Jun 1998,13 mins
Islam
The traditional story of the Islamic vision of paradise and the afterlife
27 Jun 1998,13 mins
Native Americans
Native Americans' culture of oral storytelling and stories about death and The Trickster
26 Jun 1998,13 mins
The Harrowing of Hell
The moment Christ bursts into Hell to free the souls of the Just
20 Jun 1998,13 mins
Jonah
The different interpretations of the story of 'grumpy prophet' Jonah
19 Jun 1998,13 mins
A Maori Orpheus
The Maori spirit world and how it relates to ideas of the afterlife and the underworld
18 Jun 1998,13 mins
Nergal and Ereshkigal
The love story of Nergal and Ereshkigal, a 5000 year old tale from Mesopotania
17 Jun 1998,13 mins
Persephone
What the story of Persephone tells us about seasons, loss and resurrection
16 Jun 1998,13 mins

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