Across
- 2. An underground chamber designed for burials
- 3. The uncertain quality that makes death mysterious
- 6. The cycle of life and death that governs all living things
- 8. The physical shell left behind when life ends
- 11. The clinical term for fear of dying
- 12. A burial place, or something serious in nature
- 13. Death seen as a journey from one stage to another
- 15. A change of form, often used to describe death in nature
- 17. A state of serenity some experience before dying
- 18. A ritual gathering to honor and remember the dead
- 20. What the earth reclaims when remains decompose
- 21. The natural breakdown of organic matter after death
- 22. Ground that can both nurture beginnings and hold endings
- 23. The deep sorrow felt after loss
Down
- 1. The belief that life begins anew after death
- 4. Belief in something higher or unseen
- 5. Strength shown when facing death without fear
- 6. The dark part of the day, often symbolic of finality
- 7. Peaceful stillness or slumber, sometimes used to describe death
- 9. A common reaction when thinking about mortality
- 10. A daily rest often used as a metaphor for death
- 14. A continuation of existence beyond death
- 16. A scythe-carrying figure who personifies death
- 18. The season linked with decline and the close of life’s cycle
- 19. A paradise or reward imagined after death in some faiths