A Reading with the Black Widow, 1898.
Do you know what the dove has to do with death, or what a “Leichenbitter” is? Does death hold a certain fascination for you, too, and have you always wanted to look at it from a different perspective? Or are you even familiar with the whispers of the cemetery? Then this book is just right for you. Immerse yourself in a world that seems long gone and yet is so close. Learn more about our ancestors, their conceptions of death, funeral customs, and relationship with mortality, and become part of a mystery that will eventually catch up with us all.
In this book, ancient and long-forgotten customs are preserved alongside age-old knowledge, presented in a scientifically sound and heartwarming way with the author’s very personal touch.
Reading at the Zingst Local History Museum
