Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism: Comparative Cosmologies and Centuries of Cosmic Consumption.

Death matters and the matters of death are initially, and to a large extent, the decaying flesh of the corpse. Cremation as a ritual practice is the fastest and most optimal way of dissolving the corpse's flesh, either by annihilation or purification, or a combination. Still, cremation was not...

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Main Author: Kaliff, Anders
Other Authors: Oestigaard, Terje
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central