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  2. Norse funeral - Wikipedia

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    The funeral ale was a way of socially demarcating the case of death. It was only after drinking the funeral ale that the heirs could rightfully claim their inheritance. [ 8 ] If the dead were a widow or the master of the homestead, the rightful heir could assume the high seat and thereby mark the shift in authority.

  3. Death in Norse paganism - Wikipedia

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    The thought might have been that life and death have the same origin, and if an individual died, the fertility and the future life of the ætt would be ensured. [79] Ibn Fadlan's eyewitness account of a Rus' funeral describes a slave girl who volunteered to be sacrificed. When the chieftain had been put in the ship, she went from tent to tent ...

  4. Viking funeral - Wikipedia

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    Language links are at the top of the page across from the title.

  5. Funeral Rule - Wikipedia

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    If a separate Outer Burial Container Price List is used, the GPL must state the range of prices for the outer burial containers sold by the funeral home, along with the following disclosure: “A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home”. 4. Legal and Cemetery Requirements-The Funeral Rule states that funeral homes cannot tell ...

  6. Funeral home - Wikipedia

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    Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media ...

  7. Talk:Norse funeral - Wikipedia

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    The article does not say that the vikings had other funeral customs than other norse during the viking age. Neither is it probable that they had. Note that the viking article says that the term viking refers to the traders and raiders, not the whole population of Scandinavia. Suggestion: Move to Funeral in viking age Scandinavia.

  8. Norse rituals - Wikipedia

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    Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse religion was a folk religion (as opposed to an organized religion), and its main purpose was the survival and regeneration of society.

  9. Death care industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s, a push for large companies acquiring smaller funeral homes and cemeteries occurred. [21] Although there has been a consistent push for consolidation, the majority of the industry still consists of small, family-owned businesses. [21] As of 2019, there are around 19,136 funeral homes that provide funeral services in the U.S.