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- catalog abstract ""This study is based on an intensive investigation of burial rites and assocaited ideas in Melanesia, Australia, Northern Siberia, and India, where the Vedic [Hindi] conceptions receive particular attention."--V.".
- catalog contributor b1514176.
- catalog created "1974.".
- catalog date "1974".
- catalog date "1974.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1974.".
- catalog description ""This study is based on an intensive investigation of burial rites and assocaited ideas in Melanesia, Australia, Northern Siberia, and India, where the Vedic [Hindi] conceptions receive particular attention."--V.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 285-292.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Part One : Similarities -- Origin of death -- Causes of death -- Disposal of the dead -- Dread of the spirit -- General attitude toward the corpse -- Mourning -- Erection of a hut on the grave -- Destruction of property -- Purification -- The potent power of the name -- Feasts -- Life after death -- Conclusion -- Part Two : Differences -- Disposal of the dead -- Mourning -- Taboos -- Woman's connection with funeral rites -- Totemic conceptions -- Destruction of property -- Life after death -- Cult of the dead -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 304 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Death customs.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Death customs.".
- catalog issued "1974".
- catalog issued "1974.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Detroit, Gale Research Co.,".
- catalog relation "Death customs.".
- catalog subject "393/.1".
- catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog subject "GT3150 .B35 1974".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Part One : Similarities -- Origin of death -- Causes of death -- Disposal of the dead -- Dread of the spirit -- General attitude toward the corpse -- Mourning -- Erection of a hut on the grave -- Destruction of property -- Purification -- The potent power of the name -- Feasts -- Life after death -- Conclusion -- Part Two : Differences -- Disposal of the dead -- Mourning -- Taboos -- Woman's connection with funeral rites -- Totemic conceptions -- Destruction of property -- Life after death -- Cult of the dead -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Death customs; an analytical study of burial rites, by E. Bendann. New York, Knopf, 1930.".
- catalog type "text".