OblivionRise·Aug 19Why There Was No Single Viking FuneralCremation, inhumation, boats, chambers, mounds and nearly invisible graves belonged to a mortuary world with no single script.
OblivionRise·Aug 8Doors to the Dead in Viking-Age ScandinaviaPortals, openings and doorway burials suggest that some graves were built to separate the dead without making them entirely inaccessible.
Mozelle Martin·Apr 24Why Mourning Used to Be PublicDeath used to remain visible. It stayed in the house, in the room where the body lay, in the covered mirrors, in the lowered voices, in the…
Ian Hawksford·Nov 1, 2025Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board: The Dark Folklore Origins of the Victorian Levitation GameI recall as a child playing a game that went something like this:A response icon1
Daniel Gagarin·Oct 22, 2025I Crashed a Funeral in Indonesia and It Changed How I See Death ForeverBuffalo sacrifices, tequila altars, and the uncomfortable truth about grief we’re not talking about
