| Marriage and Funerals in Athens |
Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Gree
ce.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html
| Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography |
Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.
http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html
wedding, funeral, celebration, how to take a bath and FAQ. Interesting section on funeral customs.
http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~etshioda/customs.html
American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.
http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/genietips/tip1.html
| The Tombstone Traveller's Guide |
Site exploring American cemeteries and funeral practices. Includes features on etiquette, historic graveyards, essays and musings, and funeral facts, as well as information about funerary customs in culture, photographs, and memorials.
http://www.tombstonetravel.com/
Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm
Binding the dead.
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/death2.htm
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