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Want a Viking funeral? Only state that allows it is Colorado

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Re: Want a Viking funeral? Only state that allows it is Colorado

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"Norse historians claim that in at least one instance, a deceased chieftain’s concubines were slain so that they, too, could accompany him." I think This is a treference to Ibn Fadlan's account and it's important to note 1. They were slaves, not concubines. I know the latter can be a subset of a former but it's important to be clear about it and 2. It was after she was ritualistically drugged and raped by his friends. Here is a link to his account: https://www.mrtredinnick.com/uploads/7/2/1/5/7215292/ibn_fad...

Re: Want a Viking funeral? Only state that allows it is Colorado

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ahem

“In the former film, the deceased Sith lord, still in his full black armor, is set ablaze atop a funeral pyre on land.“

Anakin appears as a force ghost at the end of the film alongside fellow Jedi Obi-Wan and Yoda. In the case of the others, we saw in the films that their bodies vanished as they died. There is every reason to think that Anakin’s body similarly vanished off-screen and the funeral pyre was just to burn the Darth Vader armor.

Re: Want a Viking funeral? Only state that allows it is Colorado

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ahem “In the former film, the deceased Sith lord, still in his full black armor, is set ablaze atop a funeral pyre on land.“ Anakin appears as a force ghost at the end of the film alongside fellow Jedi Obi-Wan and Yoda. In the case of the others, we saw in the films that their bodies vanished as they died. There is every reason to think that Anakin’s body similarly vanished off-screen and the funeral pyre was just to…

Also note though that Obi-wan and Yoda are already standing there and force ghost Anakin fades in next to them after the funeral pyre has already started. So was Anakin still slightly alive and body intact when Luke started the funeral pyre and it was only at that point that he actually died?
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