The moment he departs, the body returns to its original elements.

After death he becomes immortal if he has done well, but if his deeds have been evil he is cast into hell.

It is right to call upon the Ferwer and entreat his help.

He will bring the prayer before God and on this account is represented as a winged disc.] Fan-bearers, high in office at the court, stood behind the throne, and, on either side, those who sat at the king's table, his relations and friends, and the most important among the officers of state, the priestly caste and the eunuchs.
The walls and ceiling of the entire hall were covered with plates of burnished gold, and the floor with purple carpets.
Before the silver gates lay winged bulls, and the king's body-guard-their dress consisting of a gold cuirass under a purple overcoat, and the high Persian cap, their swords in golden scabbards glittering with jewels, and their lances ornamented with gold and silver apples, were stationed in the court of the palace.

Among them the band of the "Immortals" was easily to be distinguished by their stately forms and dauntless bearing.
Officers, whose duty consisted in announcing and presenting strangers, and who carried short ivory staves, led the deputies into the hall, and up to the throne, where they cast themselves on the ground as though they would kiss the earth, concealing their hands in the sleeves of their robes.