Orca Death Rituals

Reclaiming Keening

Reclaiming Keening is about taking the inspiration of grief rituals of the Keening Woman and using that inspiration to create new rituals, in a practice of becoming more comfortable with grief through story, art and ritual.

Not all of my inspiration comes from the keening woman. Sometimes it is in the grief rituals of animals - of crow and horses and in this article orca.

This post covers some grief rituals carried out by orca as well as the setting around those rituals. Reclaiming Keening is a series for folks who have kindly signed up to be paid subscribers.