Origin of cremation

Motif

Origin of cremation.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Origin of customs. · Origin of other customs. · view the constellation · filed as A1592

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 1, Section II
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 12, Section CCXCVIII
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 15, Section XXXIX
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 3, Section CLXLIX

Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Icel.Boberg
IndiaThompson-Balys
TahltanTeit JAFL XXXII 239ff.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of other customs.

Filed beside it

Origin of burial Why men no longer know time of death. Custom changed when men began to repair fences with stalks when they knew they were to die the next day Origin of physicians Origin of tattooing Origin of army Origin of custom of wearing a beard Origin of customs of hospitality Origin of additional customs

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