Funerary Customs & Traditions
Strange Funerary & Burial Customs & Traditions thru Time
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-weighing-of-the-heart-ceremony
25th Dec 2022 - A metaphysical Belief common in Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ceremonies – The ''Weighing of The Heart'' was a Ceremony conducted in The Afterlife. …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/passing-bell
24th Dec 2022 - A Superstition Centuries old, ''Passing Bells'' derived from using hand held Bells to ''signal'' the death of a Person. Dating to German, French and E …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/human-heart-burials
21st Dec 2022 - It was a common ''Belief'' in 12th Century AD Europe, to on occasion, conduct a rather gruesome Ritual called a ''Human Heart Burial''. This was howev …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/karsikko
21st Dec 2022 - According to Finnish Funerary Customs, ''Karsikko'' was a method by which after a Person died, the direct route to a local Cemetery was carefully ''ma …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/sit-tibi-terra-levis
21st Dec 2022 - A Funerary Inscription – which dated to 438 BC and Ancient Greek, ''Sit Tibi Terra Levis'' or ''May The Earth Rest on You Lightly'', was quite c …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/ofrenda
21st Dec 2022 - The term ''Ofrenda'' is applied to the Celebration of The ''Dios de Los Muertos'' (''Day of The Dead''). As we have seen, in many Mesoamerican Culture …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/de-mortuis-nil-nisi-bonum
21st Dec 2022 - A Latin Term, ''De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum'' – is actually well known to us all. Translated to (roughly) ''NEVER SPEAK ILL OF THE DEAD'', the ori …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/kubizuka
21st Dec 2022 - Dating to Medieval Japan, the Practice of ''Kubizuka'' was the construction of Stone Pillar Markers which where placed on the top of a Grave (very muc …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/living-headstone
21st Dec 2022 - At first glance, The Title ''Living Headstone'' (or ''Haka'') may seem odd. But these are a form of Japanese Funerary Art, akin to the Western Concept …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/lanterns-of-the-dead
21st Dec 2022 - A popular form of 11th Century AD ''Funerary Art'' (Memorial) – The so called ''Lanterns of The Dead'' were a series of French Towers which were …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/immortelle
21st Dec 2022 - A form of ''Cemetery'' (Funerary) Art. The French ''Immortelle'' was the practice of placing ''permanent'' Flowers onto a Grave or Tomb. Unlike ''real …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/corpse-road
21st Dec 2022 - A ''Corpse Road'' was a thoroughfare designed to serve as a transit to be used for the moving of The Dead to a Burial Ground. Thought to be ''bad luck …