Why do we close the eyes of the dead?

Question

What compels us to instinctively close them?

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Answer 1

Also simple explanation from my nan – eyes work like mirrors and in Ukraine where I am from you often can see all the mirrors in the house where the person died covered with tissue – so that the death does not mirror and repeat one more time. So you kind of closing the mirrors that eyes can be. Always found that explanation pretty fascinating.