As in all things, we are born, we live, and then we die. In accordance with this, another point of comparison between mythology is Armageddon Myths.
Natural disasters are a common cause to find in disaster myth. These can be effected by supernatural forces, but the sheer amount of these myths that include whelming waves, erupting volcanoes, or meteor strike/s is more than enough to establish a trend.
Along with armageddon comes a chance or time of revival. For some mythos, the good are saved and are given a second world like a paradise. The existence of a paradise after death or after armageddon is shared my many mythologies.
Christianity posits the existence of a place called heaver to which people who beleive in the god of abraham go after death. During their armageddon myth, such people are taken to heaven by Jesus, and the rest of the earth is destroyed by fire, plagues, asteroids, and general chaos. After this happens, Yahweh is said to make a new world for all of his beleivers, without any of the nitty gritty parts of the one that came before. In this way, Christianity has both World destruction and a silver lining for a percentage of the population.
Norse Mythology has a very finite end to the world which culminates in the myth of Ragnarok. Ragnarok describes a single final battle between the gods and the forces of evil. The Norse gods will be on one side, aided by the warriors of Valhalla which contain every warrior/hero that fits Odin's checklist, including key ways to die a good death. They will march against a throng of Monsters and Giants. At the end, it is said that the gods will die and the world will be destroyed. The Hope comes with the belief that two people will be left to repopulate a new earth afterwards, so humans will continue to survive.
While a good number of mythologies have a myth about the end of the world, others hold the belief that the world simply wont end. With Hindu mythology, the world is in constant death and rebirth. An equilibrium is formed and all life keeps the flow moving. As all things are Brahman, then nothing can truly end everything. And if everything comes to an end, then it starts again.
Norse: Natural Disasters following the deaths of countless gods.
Christianity: Rapture followed by Suffering and Armageddon.
Islam: Slaying of the Anti-Christ and then peace, and then suffering.
Hindu: Vishnu kills Kulki and everything is all right.
