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Story: Sleeping in ashes
Title
Sleeping in ashes
Collection
Summary
Tamme's father's heart aches so his mother tells his father to sleep in ashes. His father does as she says and becomes white from the ashes.
Comments
1) See also Customs at death and Burial, 2) This story is found in Book XI & XII-3
Contributors
Date
4 January 1879
Categories
History (personal), Custom and daily life
Keywords
death (!kun customs at) , death (of !kun) , death (and sleeping in ashes) , death (Tamme's father's heart ached and he slept in ashes) , death (and mourning) , ashes (and !kun customs at death) , ashes (sleeping in) , ashes (Tamme's father becomes white with) , ashes (and Tamme's father's aching heart) , ashes (Tamme's father slept there) , Tamme (his personal history) , Tamme (his father slept in ashes) , Tamme (his father's aching heart) , heart (Tamme's father's aching) , heart (and sleeping in ashes) , heart (and grief) , heart (and death) , sleep (!kun customs at death) , sleep (sleeping in ashes)
Story Pages
9211