A Comparative Analysis of Symbolism Used in the Death Rituals of the Rural Greeks & Balinese to My Own Experiences with Death Ritual Symbols

In all areas of life there are symbols. As human beings, it is in our nature to define things, name things, and place meaning to things. At some point in time, human beings saw that order, not just of the natural world, but man made order was good for everyone. However, there are things that human beings could not put into that order. When something living and breathing is here one day and gone the next, how could they make sense of something that was once so concrete, but now so remarkably changed in form? There are things that are not things, but they are ideas. Ideas are not seen…