Project Gutenberg 2013-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 126 Davey, Richard 1848 1915 Davey, Richard Patrick Boyle Davey, R. (Richard) A History of Mourning E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Eleni Christofaki, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "A History of Mourning" by Richard Davey is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work explores the customs and rituals surrounding mourning across different cultures and eras, emphasizing how deep-rooted and elaborate the practices related to death and mourning have been throughout human history. At the start of the book, the author reflects on the origins of mourning customs, beginning with ancient Egypt, where specific rites were instituted to honor the deceased, such as wearing particular colors like yellow and shaving one's eyebrows. He describes the significance of mummification and the lavish funerals of the Egyptian elite, highlighting the important role that animals, particularly cats, played in their society. The opening portion sets the tone for a broader exploration of how diverse cultures, including the Greeks and Romans, influenced modern mourning practices, suggesting that the rituals of mourning are an enduring part of human civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44379/44379-h/images/i_front_coverc.jpg en Funeral rites and ceremonies Mourning customs GT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 220417 220184 2024-09-18T14:30:52.633441 2023-09-19T10:10:10.141822 text/html text/html 212450 2013-12-07T14:07:20 text/html 4153857 2013-12-07T14:11:18 text/html application/zip 4230514 2024-09-18T14:30:59.137439 application/epub+zip 4231849 2024-09-18T14:30:54.535470 application/epub+zip 143683 2024-09-18T14:30:53.799471 application/epub+zip 4306556 2024-09-18T14:31:02.806454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4273876 2024-09-18T14:30:58.424429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198221 2022-09-20T08:43:43.239004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179900 179707 2024-09-18T14:30:51.624459 2023-09-19T10:10:09.494784 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 179417 2013-12-07T14:05:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69158 2013-12-07T14:05:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 179449 2013-12-07T14:05:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69104 2013-12-07T14:05:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20440 2024-09-18T14:31:02.967395 application/rdf+xml 19511 2024-09-18T14:30:53.904439 image/jpeg 2561 2024-09-18T14:30:53.849448 image/jpeg 4218091 2024-09-18T14:30:53.372471 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia