Aging and Death in Folklore By D. L. Ashliman Copyright 1997 Return to: Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts. Contents Aging: realism and resignation expressed in proverbs Distrust of old people in folklore Widowhood Caring for old people Euthanasia and geronticide Sacrificing one's grandmother The old woman in the chest Disposing of the corpse: a legend that is still alive Why old people are ...
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ON THE FUNERAL CUSTOMS OF THE NORTHERN KHANTS IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY Edgar Saar The Khants live in West Siberia, on the banks of the Ob River and its tributaries. The Khants' burial customs have been studied by K.F. Karjalainen, V. Chernetsov, Z. Sokolova and V. Kulemzin. This paper is mainly based on the material collected by the author during fieldwork between the years 1974 ...
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DEATH AND AFTERWARDS Madis Arukask For a folklorist all death-related aspects of human life can be divided in two groups: ritual, beliefs that begin to operate at the instance of death in the neighbourhood; general death-related beliefs in daily life. While the first group can be seen as the more ceremonial one and, thus, more obligatory in a way, the other contains more explanations that are ...
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History Of Funeral Customs I.Early Funeral Rites The history of funeral service is a history of mankind. Funeral customs are as old as civilization itself. Every culture and civilization attends to the proper care of their dead. Every culture and civilization ever studied has three things in common relating to death and the disposition of the dead: Some type of funeral rites, rituals, and ...
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Funerary Customs and the Traditions of Death ...
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FUNERAL CUSTOMS OF CAUCASIAN ESTONIANS Marika Mikkor Introduction Customs characterising a nation or an ethnic group, depend on the stage of development of the society, dominant religion and ethnic environment. In an ethnological study of settlers their origin, time of emigration and national composition of settlements should be taken into account. Of the Estonian villages of Caucasia the ...
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The Funeral Customs of a village in Yunnan Province, China ...
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Funerary Customs and the Traditions of Death ...
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