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There are no “legends” about death as such in this territory, and at best, just some stereotypical stories about ''arima erratiak,'' along with clichés and practices beyond any seeming rationality. It was unusual for ''Herioa'' to be seen as an entity and for one of the people interviewed to describe it as such. A deep-rooted and structured funeral ritual makes the fatal moment is equivalent to the passing of the home, ''etxea'', to the eternal abode.