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Death and the afterlife, a cultural encyclopedia, Richard P. Taylor

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-420) and index

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Death and the afterlife

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Richard P. Taylor

ABC-CLIO E-Books

a cultural encyclopedia

A cross-cultural look at beliefs surrounding death, burial customs, and the afterlife

Aaru (Sekhet-Aaru) -- Abhirati -- Acheron -- Aedicula -- Aksobhya -- Al-a'raf -- Ameretat (Amardad) -- Amphora -- Amulets, Egyptian -- Ancestor Veneration -- Ancestral Portrait/Bust -- Aninut -- Ankou -- Annwfn (Annwn, Annwfyn) -- Anthesteria -- Aornus -- Arcosolium -- Arenarium -- Arupa-dhatu -- Asphodel Fields -- Atman -- Avalon (Avallon, Avilion) -- Avelut -- Avernus -- Baldacchino Tomb -- Banshee -- Bardo -- Barrow -- Barzakh -- Behesht -- Bhava-chakra -- Bhut (Bhuta) -- Black Death -- Body of Light -- Bon Festival (Japan) -- Book of the Craft of Dying -- Book of the Dead, Egyptian -- Book of the Dead, Tibetan (Bardo Thodol) -- Burial -- Burial, Basket -- Burial Clothes -- Burial, Scaffold -- Burial, Ship -- Burial, Sky -- Burial, Tree -- Cairn -- Canopic Jar, Chest -- Catacomb -- Cella -- Cemetery -- Cemetery, Animal -- Cenotaph -- Cerberus -- Chevra Kaddisha -- Ching-T'u -- Chinvat Bridge -- Chod (Tibetan spelling: gCod) -- Churel -- Cinerarium -- Cippus -- Cocytus -- Coffin -- Coffins, Egyptian -- Columbarium -- Committal Service -- Conclamatio Mortis -- Consecration Service -- Cremains -- Cremation -- Cromlech -- Crossroads -- Cubiculum Tomb -- Dagoba -- Dance of Death -- Danse Macabre -- Dead, The -- Death, Good -- Devachan (Theosophical) -- Dewachan (Tibetan Buddhist) -- Dia de los Muertos -- Dilmun -- Dis (Dis Pater) -- Dolmen -- Donn -- Dozakh -- Eidolon -- Elysion (Elysium) -- Erebus -- Eresh -- Erinys (plural Erinyes) -- Eumenides -- Exedra -- Fairy Mound -- February -- Feng-shui -- Festival of Ghosts (China) -- Fetch -- Fossores (Fossarii) -- Frasho-kereti (Frashen kerenaum ahum) -- Fravardigan -- Fravashi (Farohar) -- Funerary Customs -- Funerary Customs, African -- Funerary Customs, Ancient Egyptian -- Funerary Customs, Ancient Greek -- Funerary Customs, Ancient Indian -- Funerary Customs, Ancient Roman -- Funerary Customs, Arctic Eurasian -- Funerary Customs, Celtic -- Funerary Customs, Central Asian -- Funerary Customs, Chinese -- Funerary Customs, Christian -- Funerary Customs, Etruscan -- Funerary Customs, Hindu -- Funerary Customs, Jewish -- Funerary Customs, Lapp -- Funerary Customs, Mesopotamian -- Funerary Customs, Muslim -- Funerary Customs, Native North American -- Funerary Customs, Scandinavian -- Funerary Customs, Zoroastrian -- Fylgie (Fylgja) -- Games, Funeral (Greek) -- Games, Funeral (Irish) -- Garden, Funerary -- Gardens of Delight (Jannat al-Na'im) -- Gehenna -- Gimle (Gimli) -- Hades -- Hallowe'en -- Hamestegan -- Heaven, History of (Christian) -- Heaven, Origins of (Christian) -- Heavens, Buddhist -- Hel -- Hell, History of (Christian) -- Hell, Origins of (Christian) -- Hells, Buddhist -- Hisab -- House Tomb -- Hungry Ghost -- Hypocephalus -- Hypogeum -- Iblis -- Intercession -- Islands of the Blest -- Israfil -- 'Izra'il -- Jabmeaimo (Jamiaimo, Jamikasaimo) -- Jahannam -- Jizo -- Jodo -- Judgment, Last -- Judgment, Particular -- Kaddish -- Kama-dhatu -- Kamaloka -- Kamarupa -- Ker (plural Keres) -- Keri'ah -- Kigal -- Ksitigarbha -- Kurgan -- Lemuria -- Lethe -- Loculus Tomb -- Lucernarium/Luminarium -- Mag Mell -- Mara -- Mastaba -- Mausoleum -- Mausoleum, Islamic -- mChod rten -- Megalithic Tomb -- Mensa -- Met Mitzvah -- Morrigan (Mor-Rioghain, Morrigu) -- Mot (Mawet) -- Mound -- Mummification -- Naraka -- Near-Death Experience -- Necromancy -- Netherworlds, Chinese -- Niflheim (Niflheimr, Niflhel) -- Nirmanakaya -- Nirvana (Pali: Nibbana) -- Norns -- Odin (Ochinn) -- Orcus -- Osiris Bed -- Ossuary -- Otherworld, Irish -- Pall -- Paradise -- Parentalia (Dies Parentales) -- Patala -- Persephone -- Phlegethon (Pyriphlegethon) -- Pishacha -- Pit Graves, Early Egyptian -- Pitri -- Pitriloka -- Pitri-medha -- Pluto (Plutus) -- Poltergeist -- Pooka (Phooka, Puck) -- Pret (Preta, Peta) -- Pure Land -- Purgatory -- Pyramid, Egyptian -- Qiyama (Kiyama) -- Ragnarok -- Raksasa -- Red -- Refrigerium -- Refrigerium Interim -- Reincarnation, Eastern -- Reincarnation, Tribal -- Reincarnation, Western -- Reliquary -- Repha'im -- Reserve Head/Body -- Resurrection, Ancient Near East -- Resurrection, Christian -- Resurrection, Hebrew -- Ristakhez -- Rota (Ruta) -- Rupa-dhatu -- Sa'a -- Sallekhana (Jaina) -- Samhain (Samhuinn) -- Second Death -- Shabti (Ushabti, Shawabti) -- Sheloshim -- Sheol -- Shirat (al-Shirat al-Jahim) -- Shiva (Hindu) -- Shiva (Jewish) -- Shomer -- Shraddha -- Shroud -- Sid -- The Six Heavens -- Sleep -- Soul -- Soul, Buddhist -- Soul, Chinese -- Soul, Egyptian -- Soul, Greek -- Soul, Hindu -- Soul, Jewish -- Soul, Muslim -- Soul, Persian -- Soul Tablet -- Soul, Theosophical -- Soul, Zoroastrian -- Strigoi -- Stupa -- Styx -- Sukhavati -- Svarga -- Taj Mahal -- Tartaros -- Temple Tomb -- Ten Kings of Hell (Shih-wang) -- Tholos Tomb -- Ti-tsang -- Tohorah (Taharah) -- Tower of Silence -- Tower Tomb -- Tuatha De Danann -- Tumulus -- Undead -- Underworld -- Urn -- Valhalla (Valholl) -- Valkyrie -- Vampire -- Vrykolakas -- Water -- Yahrzeit -- Yama -- Yellow Springs (Huang-ch'uan) -- Yen-lo wang -- Yizkor