Blood rituals often involve a symbolic death and rebirth, as literal bodily birth involves bleeding.

However, Jack instead has several symbolic deaths.

Was he supposed to attack it, or let it envelop him in a symbolic death and, one hoped, rebirth?

The Great Mother passes through a symbolic death as she recognizes that her body can bear no more children.

His passage to the Blessed Realm at the end of the book may be interpreted as a symbolic death.

In that case he will have undergone symbolic death and cremation.

A symbolic death and rebirth, which you have endured several times now.

"People were afraid to be associated with his songs, and so his physical death was accompanied by the symbolic death of his work."

Then the toy rabbit suffers a symbolic death and resurrection.

In fact, their initiation rituals often involve a symbolic death and resurrection, or symbolic ordeals followed by relief.