>>6444012 what do you think about Paul A Kruger' "Symbolic Inversion in Death"? : some examples from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near Eastern World, Verbum and Ecclesia, 26, 2005; argues that the phenomenon of a 'topsy-turvy world' (mundus inversus) is widespread in the literatures and cultures of the world, referring to a place where everything is reversed in relation to the normal state of affairs.
" Symbolic inversion is a widespread cultural phenomenon, the earliest examples of which can be traced back to the cultures of the ancient Near East. Symbolic inversion (mundus inversus) relates to those forms of expressive behaviour which invert commonly accepted social codes. "