The dead body: myths, rites and superstitions

This study is of a predominantly socio-anthropological nature, dealing with the traditions, beliefs, myths, rites and finally, how the human community imagines the post mortem and treats someone who has died. Thus, following a brief historical digression about death in the West, based on the works o...

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Main Author: Martins, Moisés de Lemos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/29226
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/29226