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I think "necrophiles" will suit better, because many of the convicted ones might won't be historical. OccultZone ( talk) 11:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
I noticed this article because of the DYK "hook" being discussed at AN/I. It is highly debatable whether Herodotus actually visited Egypt in person or merely reported what he was told, scholars have been arguing about that for hundreds of years. I have read a lot about Herod and never heard that tosh about sleeping with his wife's corpse, ridiculous. It says it comes from the Babylonian Talmud but cites a book on Shakespeare. Huh? Utter rot. Those first two I know about, I wonder how much of the rest of this article is similar worthless stuff. Smeat75 ( talk) 01:52, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
In Central Europe, until 200 years ago or pre-modern times, it was notable that if a betrothed girl dies before her marriage day could be celebrated, the spouse could still consummate the ceremony by having sexual relation with the body.
The second source for this claim, The Future of Post-human Sexuality, itself cites Wikipedia and even directly copies the wording from an older revision (found with WikiBlame and visible on Google Books): "in some pre-modern Central European societies when a woman who was engaged to be married died before the wedding." Our own source for that statement, which somebody removed from Necrophilia a while ago, was a very questionable book about black magic from the 1930s. I can't access the other citation, Bizarre Behaviours, so I'm requesting a quote. We need a strong source for such an extraordinary claim. KateWishing ( talk) 00:12, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
It makes no sense to have a seperate article for this. It should be redirected to necrophilia. There is already a perfectly good history section. If there are no responses to this I will go ahead with it. Apollo The Logician ( talk) 16:57, 24 February 2017 (UTC) Apollo The Logician ( talk) 16:57, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
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I think "necrophiles" will suit better, because many of the convicted ones might won't be historical. OccultZone ( talk) 11:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
I noticed this article because of the DYK "hook" being discussed at AN/I. It is highly debatable whether Herodotus actually visited Egypt in person or merely reported what he was told, scholars have been arguing about that for hundreds of years. I have read a lot about Herod and never heard that tosh about sleeping with his wife's corpse, ridiculous. It says it comes from the Babylonian Talmud but cites a book on Shakespeare. Huh? Utter rot. Those first two I know about, I wonder how much of the rest of this article is similar worthless stuff. Smeat75 ( talk) 01:52, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
In Central Europe, until 200 years ago or pre-modern times, it was notable that if a betrothed girl dies before her marriage day could be celebrated, the spouse could still consummate the ceremony by having sexual relation with the body.
The second source for this claim, The Future of Post-human Sexuality, itself cites Wikipedia and even directly copies the wording from an older revision (found with WikiBlame and visible on Google Books): "in some pre-modern Central European societies when a woman who was engaged to be married died before the wedding." Our own source for that statement, which somebody removed from Necrophilia a while ago, was a very questionable book about black magic from the 1930s. I can't access the other citation, Bizarre Behaviours, so I'm requesting a quote. We need a strong source for such an extraordinary claim. KateWishing ( talk) 00:12, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
It makes no sense to have a seperate article for this. It should be redirected to necrophilia. There is already a perfectly good history section. If there are no responses to this I will go ahead with it. Apollo The Logician ( talk) 16:57, 24 February 2017 (UTC) Apollo The Logician ( talk) 16:57, 24 February 2017 (UTC)