Comparative mythology corpus

Tree Branch As Sign Of Death And Funerary Presence

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4357-4418 high The note explains the Roman custom of placing cypress branches before houses with a dead body, cypress as sacred to Pluto, its funerary use, and its emblematic link to fragile human life. record