Literary Sources/Tradition: Crusader Chronicles

Talissons were funeral priests of the Old Prussian people in the pre-Christian Middle Ages. They conducted funerary orations, invoking visions of the deceased riding into the afterlife on horseback clad in armor with a retinue, as recorded in 13th-century crusader chronicles documenting Baltic pagan customs. Related Posts:TalissonsDeathMarriage After Death in French Culture and LawBurial

Talissons were funeral priests of the Old Prussian people in the pre-Christian Middle Ages. They conducted funerary orations, invoking visions of the deceased riding into the afterlife on horseback clad in armor with a retinue, as recorded in 13th-century crusader chronicles documenting Baltic pagan customs. Related Posts:TalissonsDeathMarriage After Death in French Culture and LawBurial