Burial |
| Burial in Torvaldsland has ceremony. One of two ways of burial was found
in Marauders of Gor. Burning on a ship, and entombed with offerings. “Four huge men of Torvaldsland, in long cloaks, clasped about their necks, heads down, bearded, with braided hair, entered, bearing on their shoulders a platform of crossed spears. On this platform, covered with a white shroud, lay a body, a large body. Ivar Forkbeard, I thought to myself, must have been a large man.” (MoG, page 36) “Torvald was a great captain,” I said. “Perhaps he was burned in his ship, which you have told me was called Black Shark.” I looked about. “It is strange though,” I said, “if that were the case, why this tomb would have been built.” “This is not a tomb,” said Ivar Forkbeard. I regarded him. “This is a sleeping chamber,” he said. “There are no bones of animals here, or of thralls, or urns, or the remains of foodstuffs, offerings.” (MoG, pg 234) |