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Nearly 2000 years ago, the empire of Teotihuacan in Mesoamerica embraced the symbolic centrality of snakes in creation myths, both revered and feared for their ability to traverse the boundaries between the natural world and the afterworld.
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Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
If my father's spirit wants to talk to me from the afterworld, then his spirit will have to be the one that reaches out.
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Ew Staff,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2023
In the two-hour, 20-minute piece, Kahlo is summoned from the afterworld in 1957 by her dying husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who wants to see her once again on Dia de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, when souls can return to the living world for 24 hours each Nov. 1.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Oct. 2022
These attitudes slowly shifted around 2000 B.C., when commoners were also granted access to the afterworld as long as their body was mummified, and their valuables were placed into the tomb.
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Donna Sarkar,
Discover Magazine,
9 Mar. 2021
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Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
If my father's spirit wants to talk to me from the afterworld, then his spirit will have to be the one that reaches out.
—
Ew Staff,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2023
In the two-hour, 20-minute piece, Kahlo is summoned from the afterworld in 1957 by her dying husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, who wants to see her once again on Dia de los Muertos, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, when souls can return to the living world for 24 hours each Nov. 1.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Oct. 2022
These attitudes slowly shifted around 2000 B.C., when commoners were also granted access to the afterworld as long as their body was mummified, and their valuables were placed into the tomb.
—
Donna Sarkar,
Discover Magazine,
9 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterworld
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The map, as a window into an exotic otherworld and a symbol of Habsburg might, had become an independent reality, even though Tenochtitlan itself had been reduced to rubble — or rather precisely because of it.
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As a pure visual experience, the horror film is a genuine triumph, with production design that pulls you fully into the town’s horrific otherworld.
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With both groups, their entire disco era is centered around a single song in 1979 with a very long afterlife.
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When her father’s time appeared to be at hand a few days ago, Felicia Parazaider imagined him being reunited with Terry Kath in the afterlife soon.
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Photo by Steve Campbell/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The Jets have flirted with immortality since, advancing to -- and losing in painstaking fashion -- the AFC championship game at the conclusion of the 1982, 1998, 2010 and 2011 seasons.
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For his part, the Lord Protector was granted immortality, a mixed blessing to be sure.
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“Afterworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterworld. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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