Editing Cemetery (section)

==Superstitions==
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[[File:Cemetery, Galisteo, New Mexico.jpg|thumb|Cemetery gate, [[Galisteo, New Mexico]] ]]
In many countries, cemeteries are places believed to hold both [[superstition]] and [[legend]] characteristics, being used, usually at night times, as an altar in supposed [[black magic]] ceremonies or similarly clandestine happenings, such as devil worshipping, grave-robbing (gold teeth and jewelry are preferred), thrilling sex encounters, or drug and alcohol abuse not related to the cemetery [[Aura (paranormal)|aura]].

The legend of [[zombie]]s, as romanticized by [[Wade Davis (anthropologist)|Wade Davis]] in ''[[The Serpent and the Rainbow (book)|The Serpent and the Rainbow]]'', is not exceptional among cemetery myths, as cemeteries are believed to be places where witches and sorcerers get skulls and bones needed for their sinister rituals.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Wade |title=The Serpent and the Rainbow |publisher=Simon & Schuster (August 5, 1997) |year=1985 |isbn=9780684839295 |language=English}}</ref>

In the Afro-Brazilian urban mythos (such as [[Umbanda]]), there is a character loosely related to cemeteries and its [[Aura (paranormal)|aura]]: the [[Zé Pilintra]] (in fact, Zé Pilintra is more related to bohemianism and night life than with cemeteries, where the reigning entity is ''Exu Caveira'' or ''Exu Cemitério'', similar to [[Haitian Vodou|Voodoo]] [[Baron Samedi]]).[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Macumba]