1) Death custom
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Maschalismos is the practice of physically rendering the dead incapable of rising or haunting the living in undead form. It comes from the Ancient Greek word and was also the term for procedural rules on such matters in later Greek customary law. Such acts considered maschalismos were not limited to folkloric physical risings but also meant to esc...
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[Hellenic mythology] A practice mentioned in tragedies, which may or may not have been common in real life, of cutting off the extremities of a murder victim and placing them under the corpse's armpits (maschalai). The purpose was probably humiliation, but may have also served to avoid pollution or prevent the corpse from ta...
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http://www.religionfacts.com/greco-roman/glossary.htm
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