Death and Funeral Customs Links
- Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians How Estonian settlers in Caucasian Abkhazia preserved -- and changed -- their traditional customs and beliefs surrounding death and burial during the 20th century.
- Orkney Islands Binding the dead.
- Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.
- Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.
- Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.
- Marriage and Funerals in Athens Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.
- Orkney Islands Omens of Death
- Aging and Death in Folklore Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.
- Death and Afterwards Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.
- What Funeral Customs Say About Americans in the Post-Industrial Era Essay from The Tombstone Traveller's Guide
- Backcountry Death Ways Recounts how beliefs about death and dying brought by colonists from the Northern British Borderlands survive in the Chesapeake region and North Carolina.
- Japanese Customs wedding, funeral, celebration, how to take a bath and FAQ. Interesting section on funeral customs.
- Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.
- The Dead May Bring Us Death Explores how beliefs surrounding death and burial have evolved into the vampire myth, and how the undead of folklore have been transformed into the heroes of popular film and fiction.
- History Of Funeral Customs Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.
- Funerary Symbolism table of main meanings
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