Various ways of disposing of dead — Mythoi

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Various ways of disposing of dead.

Religion. · Religious services. · Funeral rites. · view the constellation · filed as V61

Within the index

Filed under Funeral rites.

11 finer motifs beneath it

Dead placed on boat Dead burned on pyre. (Cremation.) Coffin buried upright Head buried one place, body another King buried in his war car Christian buried in stone coffin Christian buried in wooden coffin Burial in grave-mound Lion buried in stone cave with gold letters Corpses exposed in tree Aversion to burial in "strange city"

Filed beside it

Stones sold at funeral wakes Funeral rites by druids Restrictions on burial Bones of dismembered person assembled and buried. (Cf. E30.) Money tied on corpse thrown overboard from ship in order to secure burial Commemoration of death Funeral sermon Accompaniments of burial. (Cf. V61.3.0.1.) Preparations for burial Funeral rites – miscellaneous

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