What is the name of medieval king funeral pushed off in the water?

Question

What is the name of medieval king funeral pushed off in the water?

Answer 1

Odin?

Answer 2

Good Ol' Wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_burial

Answer 3

According to legend, the body of King Richard III of England was thrown into the Soar after his death. The bridge carrying the A47 across the Soar at Leicester is known as 'King Richard's Bridge'.

Answer 4

Are you thinking of King Arthur? His body was taken on a raft to where he was buried on the Isle of Avalon, according to the story.

Answer 5

A viking funeral was also to push boat with body out into water and light it on fire You can see it depicted in movie "13th warrior."

Answer 6

there is more than one

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Answer 7

Are you thinking of the Sutton Hoo burial, first excavated in 1939, on the eastern bank of the Riven Deben near Woolbridge, Suffolk?  The 6th or 7th- century burial mound encases the burial of a ruler of East Anglia entombed in a ship.  Similarly, the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf opens with the funeral of a king in a ship laden with treasure.