Exploring eight ancient stories about life after death
World Service,Β·8 episodes
Stories of Sukhavati in Buddhism and how they relate to reincarnation
The traditional story of the Islamic vision of paradise and the afterlife
Native Americans' culture of oral storytelling and stories about death and The Trickster
The moment Christ bursts into Hell to free the souls of the Just
The different interpretations of the story of 'grumpy prophet' Jonah
The Maori spirit world and how it relates to ideas of the afterlife and the underworld
The love story of Nergal and Ereshkigal, a 5000 year old tale from Mesopotania
What the story of Persephone tells us about seasons, loss and resurrection