> From: David Dunham <david_at_a-sharp.com>
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> Simon
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>> There is a very ancient village in present-day Turkey whose name >> escapes me (damned old age) who kept the remains of their ancestors within >> their houses, I can see these as being zombies in a gloranthan concept - "We >> need to chase away broo, grandson? Let's go and ask my grandad".
This sort of burial seems to have been common in the Ancient Near East in the Neolithic period and Bronze Age. It also occurs at Khirokitia, Khafaje, and Kish, for example. It does certainly look like some form of ancestor worship (although it might also have economic aspects to it, since the really wealthy don't seem to have done this). I like the idea of some forms of ancestor worship including zombies and other undead, at least, in Glorantha, (not the real world, thank God).
Andrew E. Larsen
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