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long hair ablaze. In his hair was a reviving medicine, which the boy and the townspeople used to revive the three people by splashing it on their bones. Feeling sorry for Owuo, because Owuo had been kind to him, the boy poured the medicine into Owuo's eye, reviving it. Now the eye winks, and every time the eye of Owuo winks, someone dies.
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2209:Death threat
2092:Dark tourism
2034:Necrobiology
1976:Right to die
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1893:Abortion law
1817:Resurrection
1805:Palingenesis
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1664:Coffin birth
1571:Plastination
1532:Preservation
1508:Putrefaction
1503:Rigor mortis
1498:Algor mortis
1493:Livor mortis
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1426:Memento mori
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1277:Lazarus sign
1257:Death rattle
1200:Suicide gene
1185:Karyorrhexis
1076:Fat necrosis
986:First People
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2284:Necrophobia
2279:Necrophilia
2249:Immortality
2204:Death squad
2184:Death panel
2169:Death march
2164:Death knell
2144:Death drive
2117:Death deity
2061:Thanatology
2010: [
1956:Legal death
1935:in absentia
1913:Civil death
1758:Examination
1743:Crematorium
1626:Excarnation
1463:After death
1262:Dysthanasia
1228:Brain death
1160:Autoschizis
1138:Phenoptosis
1133:Parthanatos
1123:Necroptosis
1030:In medicine
743:Boas, Franz
375:Immortality
348:Grim Reaper
285:fall of man
29:origin myth
2378:Categories
2254:Last rites
2224:Extinction
2194:Death pose
2189:Death poem
2159:Death hoax
2139:Death camp
2132:Psychopomp
2007:Death tech
1862:Necromancy
1840:Paranormal
1822:Underworld
1674:Dissection
1636:Resomation
1631:Promession
1609:Sky burial
1576:Prosection
1561:Maceration
1272:Euthanasia
1190:Karyolysis
1148:Pyroptosis
1128:Paraptosis
1038:Cell death
710:References
331:Epimetheus
323:Prometheus
315:Greek myth
277:See also:
152:āa common
114:March 2022
43:See also:
2384:Mythology
2299:Sacrifice
2294:Predation
2259:Longevity
2049:Taphonomy
1986:Trust law
1941:Death row
1726:Afterlife
1679:Gibbeting
1616:Cremation
1581:Taxidermy
1556:Embalming
1432:Micromort
1378:Mortality
1155:Autolysis
1113:Autophagy
1108:Apoptosis
779:163693293
683:163693293
380:Mythology
224:Polynesia
199:was that
182:Blackfeet
154:trickster
2353:Category
2323:Thanabot
2274:Necronym
2244:Homicide
1795:Obituary
1783:Mourning
1773:Internet
1716:Cemetery
1591:Disposal
1544:Cryonics
1213:Abortion
1180:Pyknosis
1046:Necrosis
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578:(1977).
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354:See also
308:Lefebvre
2363:Outline
2311:Suicide
1951:Inquest
1918:Coroner
1810:Saį¹sÄra
1778:Midwife
1763:Funeral
1738:Customs
1711:Carrion
1410:Karoshi
1223:Autopsy
1103:Anoikis
327:Pandora
304:Pandora
218:Oceania
212:Oceania
100:Please
2264:Martyr
2000:Fields
1961:Murder
1877:SĆ©ance
1847:Ghosts
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1599:Burial
1481:Stages
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39:Africa
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2070:Other
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1886:Legal
1827:Vigil
1768:Grief
1316:Lists
1023:Death
775:S2CID
767:JSTOR
679:S2CID
671:JSTOR
526:ā34.
386:Notes
201:Raven
25:myths
1991:Will
1472:Body
1442:RAMR
1098:AICD
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