Omberg in Östergötland are said to be an ättestupa. Virsehatt nature reserve in Halland is said to be an ättestupa. In the 1960s, the Swedish comedy radio...
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a site, where its reputation as a suicide site might have originated. Ättestupa Granny dumping Lapot Hoffman, Michael (September 12, 2010). "Aging through...
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block of bedrock. The western cliff of Omberg has been indicated as an ättestupa in folk history. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn...
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by "pot hunters" as evidence of that practice. In Nordic folklore, the ättestupa is a cliff where elderly people were said to leap, or be thrown, to death...
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or wages. Kark, another slave, takes elderly men from Norheim for an Ättestupa so they will not become burdens in their old age, but most of them choose...
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her dead family. The day after their arrival, the group witnesses an ättestupa ceremony, whereby two elders commit suicide by jumping off a cliff onto...
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of being gay by pushing them off towers. Defenestration Death flights Ättestupa Pericles Collas (n.d.). A Concise Guide of Delphi, pp8. Athens. Cacoulides...
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inland cliffs with the Swedish equivalent of that name, Ättestupa. The idea of the ättestupa went on to appear extensively in popular culture. The saga...
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