Suffering and Death

The god Mung personifies death, which is portrayed as both a release from suffering and an inescapable fate, while pestilence, famine, and war in Sidith illustrate the arbitrary cruelty of the gods.

Slid speaks of Death and Pain as creations of the small gods, and offers death as a gift when most needed, framing suffering as inherent to existence.

The chapter is entirely about Mung's role in death, the sorrow of leaving family, and the inevitability of the end.

Limpang-Tung acknowledges the inevitability of death and sorrow, and his own inability to understand or prevent them.

Yūn-Ilāra's longing for death as a release from the toil of life and the cruelty of the gods.