One of the oldest questions in life is why we die and what happens after death. Civilizations have toiled and exhausted themselves over understanding this impossible question. Every culture seems to have personified death to try and understand its mysteries. One of the most famous examples is the Grim Reaper, the cloaked skeleton with the scythe who shepherds the dead to the afterlife. Today we take on this deep question to uncover more stories from around the world.