Death Lore: Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781574412567)

Death provides us with some of our very best folklore. Some fear it, some embrace it, and most have pretty firm ideas about what happens when we die. Although some people may not want to talk about dying, it's the only thing that happens to all of us--and there's no way to get around it.

This publication of the Texas Folklore Society examines the lore of death and whatever happens afterward. The first chapter examines places where people are buried, either permanently or temporarily. Chapter Two features articles about how people die and the rituals associated with funerals and burials. The third chapter explores some of the stranger stories about what happens after we're gone, and the last chapter offers some philosophical musings about death in general, as well as our connection to those who have gone before.

Author: Kenneth L. Untiedt
ISBN-10: 1574412566
ISBN-13: 9781574412567
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2008
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 01/16/2009 pg. 14
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 145