Re: Corpses (was Re: Gender in conlangs.....)

--- Isidora Zamora <isidora@...> wrote:

> I also do not know whether they believe that
> the dead need anything.  If the dead are in
> need of anything, then I know
> that it must be sent to them by burning it.
> However, my image of what the
> Trehelish "dark land under a starless sky" is
> like is that it is a very
> empty place; its not the sort of place where
> you would really need
> anything, so I expect that they do not burn
> funerary offerings.
On the other hand, is it possible they might
think that the dead need everything? I mean, if
you end up in this dark land with no stars, you
might like something warm to wear and perhaps a
bit of a nibble.

Of course, if burning will send something to this
otherworld, the dead might very well be living
like kings, what with all the houses that burn
down and all the food that accidently falls in
the cooking pit!

Padraic.


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