Kuyo yonke imbali yoluntu, yonke impucuko iye yabumba ukuqonda kwayo okwahlukileyo kokuzalwa, ubukho bomntu kunye nokuhamba kakuhle kokugqibela, isakha izithethe neenkolelo ezahlukeneyo ukucacisa eyona mfihlelo isisiseko sobomi. Ezi toliko zenkcubeko azizange zibe zizithethe ezingenamkhethe; zibonisa indlela uluntu olwahlukeneyo oluyijonga ngayo imvelaphi yomntu, ixabiso lasemhlabeni kunye nenguqulelo emva kokufa.
Kwimpucuko yakudala equka iJiphutha neMesopotamiya, ukuzalwa kwakujongwa njengesipho esingcwele esenziwa ngoothixo, kunokuba kube yinto nje yebhayoloji. Abantu ngelo xesha babekholelwa ukuba abantu badalwe emhlabeni kunye namandla kaThixo, azalelwe ukudibanisa umhlaba onokufa kunye nolungelelwaniso lomoya. Iinkolelo ezinjalo zajika ukuzalwa komntwana kwaba ngumsitho, ozaliswe ngamasiko entsikelelo kunye nokuhlanjululwa, okuphawula ukufika ngokusemthethweni kwelungu elitsha kuluntu kunye nokuqhubeka kobomi bezizwe.
Iimbono ngobukho nazo ziyohluka kakhulu kwimimandla yonke. Iinkcubeko zaseMayan kunye ne-Aztec zibona ubomi njengomjikelezo ojikelezayo ongunaphakade, apho ukukhula komntu, ukuguga kunye nemisebenzi yemihla ngemihla iyingxenye yokuhlaziywa kwe-cosmic. Kwimpucuko yaseMpuma Asia, ubukho bugxininisa ilifa lentsapho kunye nokuziphatha okuhle. Ixabiso lomntu ngamnye lilele ekugcineni ilifa lemveli kunye nokutyeshela inqobo ezisesikweni zosapho, ukwenza ubomi bube nentsingiselo ngokuqhubekeka kwezizukulwana.
Owona mahluko mkhulu kwinkcubeko ulele ekuqondweni kokuvalelisa kunye nokufa. Izithethe zonqulo lwaseNtshona zidla ngokuthatha ukufa njengomgwebo kunye nendlela eya elusindisweni olungunaphakade. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, uSuku lwabafileyo lwaseMexico kunye namasiko amaninzi omthonyama aphatha ukufa njengokuhlangana okufudumeleyo nezinyanya, hayi isiphelo esibuhlungu. Kwangaxeshanye, isithethe sikaConfucius sikhuthaza ukukhunjulwa ngokundilisekileyo nokunqulwa kwezinyanya, ukulondoloza amaqhina angokweemvakalelo phakathi kwabaphilayo nabangasekhoyo.
Kumaxesha anamhlanje, ezi nkcazelo zamandulo zisaqhubeka zichaphazela indlela yokuphila yabantu namasiko emingcwabo. Emva kweengcinga ezahlukeneyo malunga nokuzalwa, ubukho kunye nokuhamba kakuhle, kulele iinqobo ezisemgangathweni zempucuko nganye. Ukuphonononga le yantlukwano yenkcubeko kunceda abantu bophule imilinganiselo yokufa, baqonde iyantlukwano yobomi, kwaye bahloniphe iingcambu zomoya ezizodwa zayo yonke impucuko yehlabathi.
