Home›Funerary Rituals›Frequency›As the occasion requiresBrowse ByAs the occasion requiresThis page groups rituals by how often they are performed, from a once-in-a-lifetime rite to one repeated on a fixed cycle. Wikipedia notes that "calendrical rituals give social meaning to the passage of time, creating repetitive weekly, monthly or yearly cycles." Browsing by frequency lets a visitor tell an annual festival apart from a rite performed only once in a person's life.FactsLearn MoreAs the occasion requiresSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites performed at and after a death - preparation of the body, disposal by burial or cremation, and the observances kept for a fixed period afterwards. Nearly every tradition marks death by rite, but the rites answer different problems: the fate of the dead, the pollution of the living, the obligations of descendants, and the ordering of grief. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe funerary rituals This group gathers funerary rituals, the rites surrounding death, the care of the body, and the passage of the dead: burial and cremation, mourning, and the ceremonies that ease or guide the deceased into the afterlife. A tradition's treatment of death reveals much of its view of the soul and the world beyond. The browser will find funerary rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and meaning, noting the beliefs about death and the afterlife that shape it.As the occasion requiresFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-2600 (2)1970 (1)Attested InAllBook of the Dead (1)ObligationAllObligatory (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (2)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (3)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Practice StatusAllAccess restricted by its custodians or by law (1)Ended (1)Living tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (2)Householders, those living in the world (2)Native To RegionAllEgypt (2)Japan (1)Originated InAllEgypt (2)Japan (1)Kind of ritualAllAfrican, Aboriginal and Malagasy Funerary Rites (1)Ancient Egyptian Mortuary Rites (1)Buddhist Funerary Tradition (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5FamadihanaAs the occasion requiresMizuko KuyoAs the occasion requiresOpening of the MouthAs the occasion requiresSenetAs the occasion requiresSorry BusinessAs the occasion requiresSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Funeral RitesView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.