https://doi.org/10.21697/zk.2014.1.05
Hair carried a significant symbolic value among the cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. In this article I analyse the connection between hair and funeral customs, ceremonies and the mourning. Firstly I discuss Greek and Roman rituals. Subsequently I try to confront mentioned notions with Egyptian culture. Main rituals that undergo comparison are: shaving, cutting, growing and letting hair loose. I also try to explain these ceremonial gestures. In the analysis that I carried out I use examples of literary nature as well as historic ones
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