Growing up I have been lucky enough (or not depending on your interpretation) to have never been to a funeral or even seen a dead body. That being the case I have never even had a conversation with my parents about the topic, so telling you how I’ve been taught to think about death is impossible. Maybe because it is a scary subject to bring up? Some people I know think talking about death will cause it. When you think about it there are a lot of superstitions surrounding death, the superstition really depends on the culture. When I think of death and the care of the dead I tend to think about mortuaries and murder because of the fact that today society popularizes the subject with shows like Law and Order and Criminal Minds.
The topic I really want to explore this unit is how ancient cultures cared for the dead specifically Ancient Greek vs. Roman. These two cultures are very similar and I would like to know if they have similar rituals when caring for the dead. Another topic I would like to focus on is superstitions regarding death (especially ones in our culture) and also how these superstitions affect our rituals? This topic then begs the question what rituals surrounding the care of the dead are there? On that note I can't seem to think of any obvious nightmarish atrocities surrounding care of the dead. What is so nightmarish about care of the dead? And is what’s weird about the care of the dead (considering the fact that we are going to be exploring what’s normal about it and exposing it as weird)?
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