As a child aged 4, a younger sibling died. It was my impression that his body would be placed atop a palm tree where messengers from heaven would retrieve this returning "angel". As an adult I learned of similar beliefs by the American Indians; at least in the manner they placed their departed atop high trees, mountains, etc.
A childhood belief about afterlife
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that pineapples grew on palm trees.— mel
- When I was little I used to think that Phoenix palm trees were pineapples that some one forgot to pickAnon
- When i was younger i believed that when you died your soul use to go into a monkeys body— Ríoghnach
- I used to think an avalanche was a type of bird native to the high mountains— Nina
- i used to think that if you were a boy your younger sibling would have to be a sister and vice verca (sp?)— ben
- I used to believe that mountains were dinosaurs that had died and been covered with dirt.— Marina