Home›Subcategories›Funerary RitualsSubcategoriesFunerary Rituals43 of 272 entries in Rituals. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Funerary Rituals." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/ritual/funerary-rituals.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Funerary Rituals. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/ritual/funerary-ritualsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-funerary-rituals, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Funerary Rituals}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/ritual/funerary-rituals}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe formal rites performed around death: burial, cremation, mourning observance and the rites that mark a soul's passage, as distinct from the funerary prayers filed separately under the prayer type. What is grouped here is the rite's action and structure, not only the words spoken during it.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)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 1BrowseCompareSelect all 43Antam SanskarFunerary Rituals4 linksAntyeshtiFunerary Rituals4 linksBahá’í FuneralFunerary Rituals3 linksBuddhist Funeral RitesFunerary Rituals7 linksBurialFunerary Rituals22 linksCremationFunerary Rituals7 linksDakhma Exposure (Tower of Silence)Funerary Rituals3 linksEgyptian Royal Mortuary CultFunerary Rituals4 linksFamadihanaFunerary Rituals3 linksForty-Nine Day RitesFunerary Rituals7 linksFuneral RitesFunerary Rituals50 linksGhusl al-MayyitFunerary Rituals8 linksGongdeFunerary Rituals5 linksItutuFunerary Rituals4 linksKispu, the Ancestor OfferingFunerary Rituals1 linkKriahFunerary Rituals7 linksLast RitesFunerary Rituals8 linksLatter-day Saint FuneralFunerary Rituals5 linksMemorial ServiceFunerary Rituals12 linksMizuko KuyoFunerary Rituals3 linksMummificationFunerary Rituals3 linksNorse Ship BurialFunerary Rituals3 linksOpening of the MouthFunerary Rituals4 linksOrthodox Christian FuneralFunerary Rituals13 linksPamsukulaFunerary Rituals4 linksPanikhidaFunerary Rituals12 linksProthesis and EkphoraFunerary Rituals3 linksRoman FunusFunerary Rituals3 linksSalat al-JanazahFunerary Rituals11 linksSenetFunerary Rituals2 linksShemiraFunerary Rituals8 linksShinsosaiFunerary Rituals4 linksShivaFunerary Rituals8 linksShloshimFunerary Rituals9 linksShraddhaFunerary Rituals5 linksSky BurialFunerary Rituals4 linksSorry BusinessFunerary Rituals2 linksTaharaFunerary Rituals8 linksTalqinFunerary Rituals4 linksTarpanaFunerary Rituals4 linksViaticumFunerary Rituals19 linksVietnamese Ancestral Funeral RitesFunerary Rituals3 linksWufu Mourning GradesFunerary Rituals3 linksLearn 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.Sources1. 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 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year