Long before formal theology wrote anything down, ordinary communities built their own rituals for handling death, sin, and the uncanny — passed mouth to mouth, parish to parish, often for centuries, and often barely written down at all. This section collects those customs on their own terms.
A section still growing. Ten customs so far — mostly British and Alpine, ranging from a still-living Austrian parade to a medieval German mystery with a town record behind it. More folk traditions from around the world will join them here over time. If you're looking for the changeling, Astroguider covers that as its own dedicated section elsewhere on the site.