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23 July, 2008

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Aging and Death in Folklore (Popularity:

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Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.

Backcountry Death Ways (Popularity:

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Recounts how beliefs about death and dying brought by colonists from the Northern British Borderlands survive in the Chesapeake region ...

Death and Afterwards (Popularity:

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Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.

Orkney Islands (Popularity:

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Omens of Death

Orkney Islands (Popularity:

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Binding the dead.

Deadly Superstitions (Popularity:

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American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.

Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs (Popularity:

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Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.

The Call of Yama (Popularity:

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Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.

Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten (Popularity:

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Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.

Death Central on Monstrous (Popularity:

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Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.

Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants (Popularity:

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Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.

Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography (Popularity:

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Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.

History Of Funeral Customs (Popularity:

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Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.

Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China (Popularity:

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Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.

Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians (Popularity:

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How Estonian settlers in Caucasian Abkhazia preserved -- and changed -- their traditional customs and beliefs surrounding death and burial ...

Marriage and Funerals in Athens (Popularity:

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Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.