A pyre (Ancient Greek: πυρά, romanized: purá; from πῦρ (pûr) 'fire'), also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure, usually made of wood, for burning a...

The Funeral Pyre was an American blackened death metal band from La Habra, California. The band released four studio albums and various shorter works before...

"Funeral Pyre" is The Jam's thirteenth single released on 29 May 1981. Backed by the B-side "Disguises", a cover of a Who track, it reached No. 4 in the...

Gandhi was the one who lit the funeral pyre, as he had desired. He was joined by his younger brother Devdas Gandhi at the funeral. He died in 1969, aged 72...

which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre. It has been linked to related Hindu practices in regions of India. Greek...

lighting of the funeral pyre. For a layperson, the posthumous ordination part of the ritual was the most vital, because without ordaining the deceased as...

which was not in the bargain) and Brokkr punished him by sealing his lips shut with wire. The ring was placed by Odin on the funeral pyre of his son Baldr:...

Look up pyre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pyre is a structure used to burn a body as part of a funeral rite or execution. Pyre or pyres may also...

detail. Chulalongkorn lit the funeral pyre around 6:00 p.m. on 15 March to the sound of horns, and the pyre burned throughout the night. Celebrations ended...

creation of the villain Pyre. According to DCD's 300 bestselling issues of 1993, Venom: Funeral Pyre #1 was number 72; sales declined for Funeral Pyre #2 and...