Light must be kept burning by corpse to keep evil spirits away.
The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E752.10.2
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- EnglandBaughman.
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Filed under Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.)
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