Burial Practices

Hannya

Since the Hannya are a warrior people, they tend to bury their own alongside various gravegoods like weaponery, armor and ammunition. They construct mounds over the actual burial chamber, some of which are actually accesible even after interrment. The bigger the barrow is, the higher in status or the more popular the person buried in it was. The largest burial mound on Oni prime actually belongs to a peasant. She was a mother that died in childbirth and was honored for her sacrifice by her village.

Families are often buried in the same area, causing elaborate structures of burial mounds and pathways to form over generations.

Dai

The Dai burn the bodies of the deceased and let the winds at the mountains peaks carry the ashes away. The Dai are not very sentimental and do not have any further rituals to honor the dead or remember them.

Mujina

Mujina prefer to cremate their dead. The remains are then transferred into their sacred bag and buried underneath a staute depicting the dead person. The statues are of the person doing things they enjoyed in live, like dancing, crafting, gardening and similar such hobbies. They are meant to remind those left behind of the good times that were had, instead of reminding them of their loss.

Mujina graveyards are elaborate stone gardens with dozens of statues, interspersed with patches of plants, artistically raked sand and serene ponds.

Nebi

In cities the Nebi often cremate their dead and bury them in urns, marked with carved gravestones. These graves are placed in dedicated areas, creating sprawling but organised graveyards.

In the countryside they bury their dead, in coffins or without, and mark the graves with natural resources. Some might stack stones atop a grave, some plant trees and others place a simple engraved metal plate with the name and life dates of the deceased.

Fuyurei

When Fuyurei die, they do not leave behind a body. They simply evaporate into nothingness, with only their equipment remaining. Friends of Fuyurei might build altars to remember and honor them.

Sugi

Sugi are often solitary and their bodies are so small they are often not found. Therefore, when they pass on and their light dims, many Sugi simply remain where they are and enrich the soil of their home forests. If they are found however, it is customary to place the corpse into a hollow of the tree they protect.

Kawako

Dead Kawako. as long as they did not die of diesease, are eaten. Either by their foes after being defeated in battle or by their family in a ritualistic feast if they passed because of other injury or old age. Ill Kawako are left in the wild for the beasts to feed on.