EDICT FOR THE DEAD

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PROPOSED BY ADELMAR

Issued by Estmund, Lawspeaker of Reinmar

In the year of our Lord, 2004

 

ÖHNE UND TÖCHTER VON REINMAR,

Let it be known, that Adelmar the skald and farmer brings before the tribe a law to be added to the Kanun into Chapter III, Book One of the Grand Kanun: Wrongdoings.

 

XI. ON DISHONOURING OF THE DEAD

It is said among the Reinmaren: “The earth knows no peace where bones are cast without prayer, and the hills wail when the dead are forgotten.” Let this be the Kanun’s judgment: that to abandon one’s kin to an unmarked grave is to strike the very soul of the tribe and draw the ire of Gott, who holds dominion over the living and the dead alike. The dead cry out for remembrance, and it is the duty of the living to answer. Let none among the Reinmaren leave their fallen untended, lest they bring shame upon their house and sorrow upon their line.

XI.II. THE FAMILY’S BURDEN
Let the family of the deceased undertake the rites with diligence and reverence, as the first keepers of their memory. They shall cleanse the body, offer prayers to Gott, and recount the deeds of the departed so that their name endures among the tribe.

If the family fails in this, be it through folly, strife, or willful dishonor, the Kanun declares that their negligence shall not stand. The princely household shall assume the rites, preserving the honor of the departed and the tribe alike.

XI.III. ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISHONOR
It is said: “The ground that holds an unhonored dead burns cold, and the tribe that buries shame shall reap ruin.” Should a family refuse their sacred duty out of spite or dishonor, they shall be named accursed by the Kanun.

The head of such a family shall render a payment of silver to the princely household, and their name shall be inscribed among the annals of shame, to remain until they perform penance and seek the absolution of Gott and their kin.

 

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WER RASTET, DER ROSTET

HIS EXCELLENCY, ESTMUND von EHRENWALD, LAWSPEAKER OF REINMAR, LOREMASTER OF THE HEATHER COURT, AND GEEHRTE OF REINMAR