Aging and Death in Folklore «
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html | | Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region. |
Backcountry Death Ways «
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/adeath.html | | Recounts how beliefs about death and dying brought by colonists from the northern british borderlands survive in the chesapeake region and north carolina. |
Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten «
http://buten.net/max/Bali/index_baliroyalcremation.html | | Description and pictures of balinese cremation ceremonies. |
Deadly Superstitions «
http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/genietips/tip1.html | | American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive tombstone traveller's guide to american cemeteries and funeral practices. |
Death and Afterwards «
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm | | Very interesting account of a greek catholic baltic finnic people's beliefs in death , omens of death and the afterlife. |
Death Central on Monstrous «
http://death.monstrous.com/ | | Explores the faces of death across art , societies and rituals , science and medicine. |
Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs «
http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm | | Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world. |
Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China «
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/funeral/funeral.html | | Describes funerary practices in a chinese village. |
Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians «
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/mikko.htm | | How estonian settlers in caucasian abkhazia preserved -- and changed -- their traditional customs and beliefs surrounding death and burial during the 20th century. |
Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants «
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khants.htm | | Funerary practices of a west siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century. |
Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography «
http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbol.html | | Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? here's an extensive guide. |
History Of Funeral Customs «
http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html | | Good introduction from the wyoming funeral directors association site. |
Marriage and Funerals in Athens «
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/JSp.html | | Jana shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in ancient greece. |
Orkney Islands «
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/ | | Omens of death |
Orkney Islands «
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/death/death2.htm | | Binding the dead. |
