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Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs - Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.

Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants - Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.

Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography - Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.

History Of Funeral Customs - Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.

Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China - Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.

Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians - How Estonian settlers in Caucasian Abkhazia preserved -- and changed -- their traditional customs and beliefs surrounding death and burial during the 20th century.

Marriage and Funerals in Athens - Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.

What Funeral Customs Say About Americans in the Post-Industrial Era - Essay from The Tombstone Traveller's Guide

Japanese Customs - wedding, funeral, celebration, how to take a bath and FAQ. Interesting section on funeral customs.

Aging and Death in Folklore - Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.

Backcountry Death Ways - Recounts how beliefs about death and dying brought by colonists from the Northern British Borderlands survive in the Chesapeake region and North Carolina.

Funerary Symbolism - table of main meanings

Death and Afterwards - Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.

Orkney Islands - Omens of Death

Deadly Superstitions - American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.

Orkney Islands - Binding the dead.

The Dead May Bring Us Death - Explores how beliefs surrounding death and burial have evolved into the vampire myth, and how the undead of folklore have been transformed into the heroes of popular film and fiction.

Bali Royal Cremation - Disinterrment and cremation ceremonies are held every five years in Bali and are occasions for gaiety and fun; photo gallery depicts the 1998 cremation of a member of the royal family of Bali.