Download or read book Death and the Underworld written by Michael J. Wyly and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did different peoples believe happened when they died? How did they explain the meaning of death to their children? Different mythologies explain the afterlife in very different ways. Yet a closer look at the various myths also exposes surprising similarities as each culture seeks the meaning of the end.