Heavy flat stone laid over a fresh grave mound at the edge of a churchyard

the stone on the grave

The remedies are burial practice. A weight on the grave, a particular place at the edge of the ground, a body laid face down — these are the measures the record actually describes.

Basis: East Slavic burial practice against the restless dead · AI-generated

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Low grave mound in rough ground just outside a graveyard fence, no marker

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