Funeral Pyre
7 books featuring this symbol
The funeral pyre effects separation of the dead and return of elements. It consecrates passage, purifies remains, and stabilizes the living community.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
Beowulf
Anonymous
1000-1025 CE
Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Garuda Purana
Anonymous
800-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Roman de Troie
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
1160 CE
Germanic, French
Húsdrápa
Ulf Uggason
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Posthomerica
Quintus of Smyrna
300-400 CE
Greek