the lord of living and dying is the most powerful of the gods. he is the god of birth and death, and he grants the gift of life to all living things, and the gift of death to all who die. the lord of living and dying is not known by a single name, but is usually called simply the lord. the lord of living and dying has many faces, and is often represented as a man with the head of an ox, or as a man with two faces. his two faces represent the gift of life and the gift of death. his body is sometimes shown with the symbols of the sun and the moon, and he may be depicted as riding the sun, or holding the moon