RELIGST 2M03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Glossary Of Ancient Roman Religion, Veneration Of The Dead, Aztec Calendar

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2M03
• Professor: Sherry Smith

Document Summary

Characteristic of chinese culture carried out by family. Worshiping where they came from, ask for help from ancestors, devotion to them, thank them. Belief that dead can influence good and bad in our lives -> they co-exist with us. Seicho matsumoto wrote a book juroi jukai in 1969 young lover commits suicide in this forest could be a reason why so many people commit suicide there. There are signs in the forest trying to tell people to think of their families, etc. and prevent them from committing suicide. People who are indecisive about suicide attach coloured paper on trees to find their way out. Curse is found nailed onto a tree a stuffed doll upside down (meaning contempt: then suicide note on tree nearby done by same person. Ropes hanging on trees most painful way to die but also most lethal. Family and friends bring flowers, food and other mementos for their deceased loved ones.