Fear Of The Dead

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Lester, DavidThe fear of the dead in nonliterate societies
Lester, DavidThe incidence of suicide and the fear of the dead in non-literate societies

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Lester, David"[There is a correlation between] the degree to which nonliterate societies fear the dead as causes of illness and the needs for achievement and affiliation as evidenced in the folk tales of the societies" (283)
Lester, David"The prediction was that a high incidence of suicide would be associated with a low fear of the dead" (207)

Associated OCMs

  1. life and death
  2. social readjustments to death
  3. cult of the dead