dying metaphor with bodies crossing over the other side in a boat original art

adventure afterlife art awareness azrael belief boat boats bodies body candles concern context crossing cultures dead death depiction downstream dying entering exploration father figures god grim humanity39aph39s journey land leaves life metaphor millennia mortality move nature original pace personified philosophical placing point popular realm reaper rebirth religious renewal representations represents resurrection rowing search setting side signifies society soul spirits steps symbol symbolic time traditions upstream water western world yama