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Here's another! Tōhaku-kun is a mascot for the Tokyo National Museum. He is a type of haniwa, or funerary clay figures that were arranged on large mounded tombs of the protohistoric Kofun period (3rd-6th/7th cent). His type is known as dancing haniwa~

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2020-01-16

Unfairly called villain, the banshee? She’s a harbinger of death but reminiscent of old Irish funerary processions which included paid mourners to wail/shriek, doesn’t she also mourn death? Why is she always depicted so frightful?

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2019-12-05

70. Spirit Lantern - Containing the dying breath of a unknown entity, this lantern is often used by Funerary priests to identify the fallen bodies on the battlefield.#dnd5e

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2019-12-02

The Obol was an ancient greek coin made of bronze, copper or silver and popular for funerary use. Deceased were buried with obol coins in their mouth to pay the ferryman Charon for the passage across the rivers Styx or Acheron.

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2019-11-07

How to make sense of the juxtaposition of a quintessential Chinese tombstone & a funerary couch turned into a Sasanian-style gilt vessel? My conclusion: An Jia saw himself as a mediator between Chinese & Sasanian cultures; he celebrated this dual identity with remarkable stones.

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2019-10-05

I do think that maybe the bell sound is meant to give it a more religious/funerary tone. The design of the lich seems to be inspired by religious outfits, like the eboshi hat for Shinto priests.

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2019-06-23

How do we recognise "play" in the ancient world? Children were likely more socialised with adults than today; most depictions of "games" (like this from the tomb of Baqet III at Beni Hasan, c. 2000 BCE) come from religious or funerary contexts. This ball is from Kahun

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2019-05-15

Roman funerary relief from with a parturition scene. A woman is lying on a bed, giving birth to two or perhaps three children. She is assisted by three women.

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2019-02-10

Wooden funerary stela of Deniuenkhons

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2019-01-01

Naglfar is a battleship to be made of the dead's nail clippings (why Norse funerary rites included trimming the nails) and if completed, it slipping its moorings into the ocean is one of the events of Ragnorok (appocalypse).

Viking Storm by KenHuys on Devianart

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2018-04-05

How I love the eyes. Funerary portraiture as seen at The Met.

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2018-01-24

🌼🌷 Here Lyes ye Body of Thaddeus Maccarty Aged 75 Years & 6 Months Desesed June ye 18 1705 🌷🌼#gravestone … https://t.co/fKvouqlPlN

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2017-11-25

Just in time for Halloween is this spooky piece by of werewolf funerary rituals. https://t.co/yxwFRi4ZrZ

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2015-11-01

Roman funerary monument found in the villa of General Corvinus & dated to c.25 AD (on display , Madrid)

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2015-03-12