Home›Funerary Rituals›Life Stage Marked›Dying and the deathbedBrowse ByDying and the deathbedThis page groups rituals by the point in a person's life they mark. Wikipedia defines a rite of passage as "a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another, including adoption, baptism, coming of age, graduation, inauguration, engagement, and marriage." Browsing this way lets a visitor find every ritual tied to one particular life stage, across many traditions at once.FactsLearn MoreDying and the deathbedSourcesComments (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.Dying and the deathbedFilter Results3 entriesFrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (3)ObligationAllRecommended and meritorious, not required (2)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (2)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)Social FormAllPerformed by an officiant for a recipient (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (2)Native To RegionAllArabia (1)Rome (1)TraditionAllChurch of Cyprus (1)Church of Greece (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Roman Catholicism (2)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Originated InAllArabia (1)Rome (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Funerary Tradition (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Last RitesDying and the deathbedTalqinDying and the deathbedViaticumDying and the deathbedSources1. 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.