Description
Puckle's "Funeral Customs" is one of the more in-depth looks at death ever penned. Created in the early 20th century, it casts a rational and skeptical glance at the superstitions of burial practices and cremation alike, and lists in some detail the customs of death over time and changes to them during the black death and then-modernity among other eras. Not just a European work, it delves into Hinduism as well as Egyptian and Zoroastrian practices from antiquity. From the memento mori to funeral feasts, its pages are filled with interesting folklore, astonishing history, and more than a few bits of graveyard humor.
Author: Tarl Warwick, Bertram Puckle
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 07/06/2017
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781548645861
ISBN10: 1548645869
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- Social Science | Death & Dying
Author: Tarl Warwick, Bertram Puckle
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 07/06/2017
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781548645861
ISBN10: 1548645869
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- Social Science | Death & Dying
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