Greek Folklore On the Breaking of Vessels As a Funeral Rite in Modern Greece
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I. C. 738. ^ eN KcoNCTONTiNOunoAei 'EAA. 91A0A. CuAAoroc, t. H. C. 549. ' Kut' dNaKO'lNOJCIN ToO 'ApKli^OC K. A. S. 'ApaNITOTTOUAOU. Funeral Rite in Modern Greece. 35 grave. The water-jars are then immediately broken, together with the oil-jar brought there for a different purpose.^ At Aenos in Thrace all who have followed the procession to the grave wash themselves there. The reason they give for so doing is " In order not to see the dead man in their dreams. "^ But an idea of purification is ...obviously embodied in this custom as well as in the Arcadian custom of breaking jars while the funeral goes by. This is variously explained in various localities as will be shewn below. In most Arcadian country places, and even in Tripolitza itself, the injunction is " As soon as the remains come by your door, take a jug full of water, or a jar or some vessel, straightway empty this, pouring it from one end of the street to the other, or else empty it on the cornerstone of your house or pour it out in front of your door, or halfway between the four corners of your house.
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