DH Funerary Customs [Was Griffins or something...]

From: Wesley Quadros <wquadros_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:36:24 -0800


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> Message: 18
> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:28:23 +0100
> From: "Ram�n Domingo Herreras" <RamonDomingoHerreras_at_...>
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> Perhaps in Dara Happa Griffins feed of the deceased`s corpses. If
> Dara Happan funerary costumes are similar to those of ancient Persia or the
> modern parsi religion, the corpses are not burned or buried so the elements
> are not corrupted and are placed in special buildings ("the towers of
> silence") for the carrion birds to eat them.
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As far as I can tell the Dara Happans burn their dead. The sacred fire is a tool of Envirinus, one of the aspects of Yelm and it cleanses the soul to that it can pass on to the afterlife.

IMO... Wesley

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