Karsikko
- Funerary Customs & Traditions
- Less than 1 min
By Crusader1307
According to Finnish Funerary Customs, ''Karsikko'' was a method by which after a Person died, the direct route to a local Cemetery was carefully ''marked'' from the Home of The Deceased to said ''Burial Spot''. Once ''laid out'', a series of selected Trees were chosen, upon which various Pagan Marks or even the name of The Dead Person, was written or carved. This Custom was seen as a means to ''stop'' any ''Wrathful Spirit'' from coming back from ''The Dead'' and haunting His or Her ''old Haunts'' (as it were). It was thought that such a Spirit could not ''cross over'' His or Her former ''Living Name''. The Custom continued (in part) even with the establishment of Christianity.
