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| [[Image:CAGrave.jpg|thumb|Cemetery, place of the dead]]
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| ‘’'The dead are those who have died, as opposed to those who are still living. It is an expression meaning everyone who has died up to that moment in time. It may refer to the deceased members of a family, a community, a nation, a battle, a war or the entire world. People of many cultures and religions believe the dead have an enduring afterlife, while others may respect the memory of the dead without supernatural beliefs.
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| ==Mythology and folklore==
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| In many cultures, mythology and folklore, [[undead]] creatures inhabit the '''realm of the dead''', which is located either [[underworld|under the earth]], or in a far away, unknown or parallel world, often guided there by a [[psychopomp]]. [[Death (personification)|Death]] itself may also be seen as personified entity, also belonging to the realm of the dead.
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| The dead may be depicted as deader [[Category:Corporeal undead|corporeal]], having an animated physical body that is otherwise biologically deceased such as that of [[ghoul]]s and [[zombies]]; or as spiritual entities without a tangible form such as [[ghost]]s and [[spectre]]s. In some folklore, under special circumstances, living people may also visit the realm of the dead, without themselves dying.
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| ==In culture and religion==
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| *[[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]
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| *[[Day of the Dead]]
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| *[[Resurrection of the dead]]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Grim Reaper]]
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| *[[Undead]]
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| *[[Underworld]]
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| [[Category:Death]]
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