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Symbol, Ritual and Myth

• The Center for Story and Symbol
• Myths and Legends - University of New Hampshire
• Joseph Campbell Foundation
• Japanese Myths
• Japanese Creation Myth - Paul Brians - Washington State Univ.

   

Birth

• Birth Messages - Birth Psychology Web page
• The Midwife and Home Birth - Midwives Net
• The Rituals of American Hospital Birth - Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Ph.D.
• Birthing the Future
• Evaluated Childbirth - good information and web links
• Birthdays, Anniversaries and Milestones - NPR This American Life Radio Broadcast Dec. 29, 2000
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Marriage

• The National Marriage Project - Rutgers University
• Getting Married in Japan
• State Variations on American Marriage Prohibitions - Univ.of Manitoba, Canada
• The Making of Modern American Marriage - Boston University's Women's Studies Program
• Something Old, Something New: Ethnic Weddings in America - Museum of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies
•  Pictures from Prof. Miyaji's Lecture
• Meiji Kinenkan

Death

• Ritual Mourning for Abortion in Japan - http://jin.jcic.or.jp/nipponia/nipponia9/cont.html
• Seppuku - Ritual Suicide
• The Japanese View of the Hereafter - Japan Echo online journal
• The Tombstone Traveller's Guide: Exploring American Cemeteries and Funeral Practices
• Japan - Cemeteries - NPR All Things Considered Radio Broadcast 8/15/2001.
• Rent a Casket - NPR Weekend Edition Radio Broadcast 8/4/2001
• Museum of Funeral Customs - Springfield, Illinois
• Japanese Funeral Style 1 - Sekise, Inc.
• Japanese Funeral Style 2 - Sekise, Inc.
• Schauwecker's Guide to Japanese Funerals - Stefan Schauwecker
• The Japanese Way of Death: A Funeral in Sapporo - by David Aldwinckle - Japanese Policy Institute
• Japanese Buddhist Funeral Customs - Billy Hammond
• Grief, Mourning, and Funeral Traditions -- Japanese-Americans in Hawaii - Cheryl Prince
• Japanese Funeral - Brett Greider- University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
• Review of Juzo Itami's The Funeral - Beth Hoel
• Why Japanese Pay More - Marriage and Funeral Costs - Japan Insight - Japan Information Network
• Buddhist Ceremonies and Rites for the Dead - Buddhist Information Network
• Rituals of Death -