Funerary Customs & Traditions
Strange Funerary & Burial Customs & Traditions thru Time
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/ohel-shrine
6th Dec 2022 - In Traditional Jewish Funerary Customs, Burials after death MUST be down within several days. The use of embalming and other preservation methods, are …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/ledger-stone
6th Dec 2022 - A ‘’Ledger Stone’’ is a type of Funerary Art, common in Europe around the mid to late Middle Ages. These were flat granite sto …
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5th Dec 2022 - A facet (primarily) of Ancient African Tribal Funerary Beliefs, ‘’Ceremonial Poles’’ are used by MANY Cultures and have MANY n …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/antyesti
4th Dec 2022 - The process of ‘’Antyesti’’ is an Ancient Hindi Funerary Rite, which is in reality – Cremation of a deceased person. Onl …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/totenpass
4th Dec 2022 - Of Germanic Origins, a ‘’Totenpass’’ – or translated to mean ‘’Passport for The Dead’’, was a fo …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/coffin-collar
3rd Dec 2022 - As we have seen, the theft of bodies (Body Snatching) and of valuables (Grave Robbing) – became a popular endeavor for many 18th thru 19th Centu …
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3rd Dec 2022 - A form of Chinese Funerary Art, ‘’Guardian Statues’’ were carved stone figures, normally of Warriors or mythical ‘&rsquo …
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3rd Dec 2022 - Much as with the development of ‘’Effigy Monuments’’ for Tombs, These were seen as a form of tangible means of a Deceased Love …
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3rd Dec 2022 - As old as the 7th Century, ‘’Church Monuments’’ were important ways to honor The Dead. Normally located inside a Chapel, Churc …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/mortesafe
3rd Dec 2022 - Mortesafe’s were devices that were created around 1816 and in wide used throughout The United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales). Th …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/norse-funerary-customs
3rd Dec 2022 - Beginning in the early Viking Age (6th Century AD), Cremation was the primary form of sending one to the Afterlife. The Deceased were cremated on wood …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/burial-at-sea
3rd Dec 2022 - The Custom involving Burial at Sea, is as old as is sailing The Ocean. It would go without saying that people died on board a vessel (either by "fair …