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This idea of a "God of the afterlife" is similar to Christian beliefs in Satan. Satan rules over Hell, tormenting souls for all eternity. The…

In the Catholic beliefs, there was to be a pre-burial event where the body was washed, anointed and wrapped in a white textile, which is similar to…

According to custom, there was to be a symbol of Christianity places with the dead, such as a Cross, or rosary, to protect the body and the soul from…

During the Colonial time period, public mourning was often frowned upon. Due to a high risk of illness or infection, lack of medicine, and high…

In colonial times, other civilizations, like the Spanish, would bury their dead relatively soon after death because an idea of supposed 'impurity' of…