Iconography Save
Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.
http://members.aol.com/TombView/symbo...   

Aging and Death in Folklore Save
Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/aging.html   

Backcountry Death Ways Save
Recounts how beliefs about death and dying brought by colonists from the Northern British Borderlands survive in the Chesapeake region and North Carolina.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albi...   

Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten Save
Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.
http://buten.net/max/Bali/index_balir...   

Deadly Superstitions Save
American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.
http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_...   

DearDeath Central Save
Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.
http://www.deardeath.com/   

Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs Save
Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/b...   

Death and Afterwards Save
Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/mds.htm   

Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China Save
Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/...   

Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians Save
How Estonian settlers in Caucasian Abkhazia preserved -- and changed -- their traditional customs and beliefs surrounding death and burial during the 20th century.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol5/mikk...   

Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants Save
Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.
http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol7/khan...   

History Of Funeral Customs Save
Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.
http://www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html   

Marriage and Funerals in Athens Save
Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/classes/...   

Orkney Islands Save
Omens of Death
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/de...   

Orkney Islands Save
Binding the dead.
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/de...   

The Call of Yama Save
Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.
http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/d...   

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