EB. 
WHAT HAPPENS TO A MAN, NOT A WOMAN, UNRELEASED 
FROM DEATH CEREMONIES; (IT IS) MERELY THE CON- 
DITION OF A MAN UNRELEASED FROM DEATH CERE- 
MONIES. 
A man has a very hard time when his wife dies. This is what 
happens to him. 
Whenever he persuades a woman to marry, and it has been deter- 
mined what they shall do to live pleasantly—these are the ones who 
have good hearts, the man who has a good heart and the woman 
who has a good heart. Whenever these get married they are fond 
of each other. They are surely fond of one another. It is not right 
away, but after they have been married for ten years that they come 
to be fond of one another. 
When that is the case, (if their wives die) a feeling of wretchedness 
and keen sorrow encompasses (their heart). They would stay any 
place. (Some) might not even think about it. Soon when a man’s 
wife dies, he might be discouraged. He might feel extremely sorry 
for his wife. He surely might have loved his wife while she was yet 
living, and he might have been loved and well treated by her. That 
is why he would be sorrowful. He would think it very hard. 
Whoever might think he never could live peaceably (with his wife), 
after his wife had been dead for a short time, the one who was like 
that, he is the one who would be glad. If he has taken good care of 
her, he would live as if barely alive. Much later when he saw where 
they had gone by, then he would be made mindful (of it). And soon 
later on he might see where they had gone by. 
And also after his wife had been dead the man would distribute 
their property, as much as they had, all of it. On the fourth day 
hé distributes all their belongings. Those related to that woman are 
they who would distribute among themselves all the property which 
(the pair) owned. The man would merely watch them distributing 
there. Everything would be taken away. What is there which 
they save from being taken away from him? Nothing would be 
saved from being taken away from him. That man would be without 
anything else but the way he was clad. Nothing might be saved 
from being taken away. Surely all their belongings would be taken 
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