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  2. Dying-and-rising god - Wikipedia

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    The term "dying god" is associated with the works of James Frazer, [4] Jane Ellen Harrison, and their fellow Cambridge Ritualists. [16] At the end of the 19th century, in their The Golden Bough [4] and Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, Frazer and Harrison argued that all myths are echoes of rituals, and that all rituals have as their primordial purpose the manipulation of natural ...

  3. Resurrection - Wikipedia

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    [29] [30] [31] In the Ramayana, after Ravana was slain by Rama in a great battle between good and evil, Rama requests the king of Devas, Indra, to restore the lives of all the monkeys who died in the great battle [32] [33] Mahavatar Babaji and Lahiri Mahasaya are also believed to have resurrected themselves.

  4. List of Overlord characters - Wikipedia

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    Born Keeno Fasris Inberun (キーノ・ファスリス・インベルン, Kīno Fasurisu Inberun), she is a vampire who is Blue Roses' magic caster and its strongest member. She was once known as Landfall, a former member of the Thirteen Heroes who was infamous for destroying the nation of Inveria.

  5. Universal resurrection - Wikipedia

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    General resurrection or universal resurrection is the belief in a resurrection of the dead, or resurrection from the dead (Koine: ἀνάστασις [τῶν] νεκρῶν, anastasis [ton] nekron; literally: "standing up again of the dead" [1]) by which most or all people who have died would be resurrected (brought back to life).

  6. Immortality - Wikipedia

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    Either our characters remain essentially the same in an immortal afterlife, or they do not: If our characters remain basically the same – that is, if we retain more or less the desires, interests, and goals that we have now – then eventually, over an infinite stretch of time, we will get bored and find eternal life unbearably tedious.

  7. New characters are introduced, including first years Aaric and Sloane, who Violet promised to protect, as well as new villains, like Major Varrish, who is known for his harsh torture techniques ...

  8. Immortality in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Octavia E. Butler's 1980 novel Wild Seed contrasts the different forms of immortality of its two immortal characters representing masculinity and femininity, respectively; the former relies on killing other people and taking over their bodies whereas the latter is a regenerative kind of immortality which can be used to help others.

  9. List of Underworld characters - Wikipedia

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    At all times, the upper lateral incisors and upper canine teeth on all vampires are elongated and come to a sharp point. Biologically immortal transgenics , the Vampires of Underworld display most of the prominent superhuman physical prowess commonly seen in popular culture, including superhuman strength, reflexes and speed, as well as an ...