Note 49 — SINDBAD THE SEAMAN[1] AND SINDBAD THE LANDSMAN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
I am not aware that this vivisepulture of the widower is the custom of any race but the fable would be readily suggested by the Sati (Suttee)-rite of the Hindus. Simple vivisepulture was and is practised by many people.