Some folk say: stories of life, death, and beyond

Origins of death. The argument (Native American: the Coeur d'Alene of northern Idaho) --
Coyote and Raven (Native American: the Salishan of British Columbia) --
The cast-off skin (Melanesian: Banks Islands, northeast of Australia) --
The green-haired giant (African: the Togo of West Africa) --
The two white pigs (Melanesian: Admiralty Islands, north of New Guinea) --
Balancing life and death. The quiver of arrows (Ancient Greek: Aesop) --
The moon's message (African: the Hottentots of South Africa) --
Godfather death (German: Grimm Brothers) --
Song of the hunter (Native American: the Pueblo Indians of Taos, New Mexico) --
The court of heaven (Hasidic Jewish: Ukraine) --
Life and death (African: the Hausa of western Africa) --
Lessons for life. The cow-tail switch (African: the Jabo of Liberia) --
The swirling red river (Native American: the Zuni of New Mexico) --
The messengers of death (German: Grimm Brothers) --
Death of great sun (Native American: the Natchez of the midwest) --
Heaven and hell (origin unknown) --
The death-stone (Buddhist: Japan) --
The death of Baldur (Norse: Scandinavia) --
After death. At the gate of Gehinnom (Medieval Jewish: Midrash) --
The house of the dead (Babylonian: Ancient Middle East) --
The many fearful hells (Hindu: India) --
The wondrous land of Magh Mar (Celtic: Ancient Ireland) --
The Garden of Eden (Rabbinic Jewish: the Talmud) --
Gourd woman (Native American: the Kogi of Northern Colombia) --
The day of sorting out (Muslim: the Qur'an) --
The happy land (Buddhist) --
The four ways of death (Native American: the Aztecs of Mexico) --
The day of judgment (Christian: the Bible) --
The river (Native American: the Tlingit of Southern Alaska) --
Viraf's vision (Zoroastrian: Persia) --
Reconciliation with death. The old woodcutter (Ancient Greek: Aesop) --
The spirit-bride (Native American: the Algonquins of Ontario) --
Lamentation I (African: the Efik of West Africa) --
Lamentation II (Buddhist: the Tamang of Nepal) --
The other world (Ancient Egyptian) --
Let me drink wine (African: Niger Delta) --
Five poppy seeds (Buddhist) --
I dance despite death (African: Niger Delta).