Apotheosis in ancient Rome was a process whereby a deceased ruler was recognized as having been divine by his successor, usually also by a decree of the Senate and popular consent.

It was a Mossland custom for the deceased ruler to sit for one final day upon his throne and be viewed by his more important subjects.

"The man who captured you is named Karpon; he is the brother of the deceased ruler of this land."

The latter pointed out Drakpa Jungne, nephew of the deceased ruler.

This decision, however, contradicted the Magyar tribal custom that gave the right of succession to the eldest close relative of the deceased ruler.

The Shang also seem to have believed in an afterlife, as evidenced by the elaborate burial tombs built for deceased rulers.

In a violent dispute with the Government over his prohibition of a Requiem Mass for deceased Protestant rulers he was victorious, as also in later contests about the schools.

Cult pyramids were erected during the Old Kingdom as tombs for the Ka of the deceased ruler.

While the personal name of the living ruler was not originally tabooed, as in China, the names of deceased rulers were tabooed for several generations.

Last, he walked over to the deceased ruler and retrieved his knife, wiping it quickly on the dead man's tunic arid replacing it in its sheath.