deathlore

deathlore

English

Etymology

From death +‎ lore.

Noun

deathlore (uncountable)

1. (psychology) The study of human aspects of death and the associated grief and rituals; thanatology.
   • 1903, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 1, page 554:

     Enough has been said to show the interest which lies in the study of Bushman folklore in general and the deathlore of the veld in particular.

   • 1975, William Lynwood Montell, Ghosts Along the Cumberland: Deathlore in the Kentucky Foothills
   • 2011, Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art, page 363:

     A few examples of material objects included in deathlore are: tombstones, roadside memorials, coffins, and cemeteries.

Translations

study of human aspects of death

Belarusian: танаталогія (tanatalóhija) Czech: thanatologie Estonian: tanatoloogia Finnish: tanatologia French: thanatologie (fr) German: Sterbensforschung Gujarati: મૃત્યુવિજ્ઞાન (mr̥tyuvignān) Hindi: मृत्युविज्ञान (mr̥tyuvijñān) Hungarian: haláltan Icelandic: dauðafræði f Irish: báseolaíocht f Italian: tanatologia (it) f

Japanese: 死生学 (しせいがく, shiseigaku) Kazakh: танатология (tanatologïya) Korean: 사망학 (samanghak, 死亡學) Malay: kaji kematian, tanatologi Marathi: मृत्युविज्ञान (mr̥tyuvijñān) Polish: tanatologia (pl) Portuguese: tanatologia (pt) f Russian: танатология (ru) (tanatologija) Slovak: tanatológia Spanish: tanatología (es) Tamil: மரணவியல் (maraṇaviyal) Vietnamese: tử vong học