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Originally Posted by Lizard2112
While very cult-like in its ceremony, the funeral was very Viking-esque.
It seemed to me like something old time sailors would do if they lost one of their own. Black Rock connection???
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I had the same thought....
The Viking funeral is a very symbolic burial. Either the boat/ship takes the soul to the afterlife or the fire from the boat/ship carry the soul to the heavens and calls on the "powers" of prosperity and fertility for the living. Kind of a fighting death by making life kind of thing....it's really interesting stuff (or maybe it's just because I'm Norwegian)
