Help Suicide History

[VitezslavNezval]

Hii guys :3 Do you know of any sources to draw from regarding the history of suicide? Or also about how different cultures or religions perceived suicide? Maybe it won't be that interesting but I believe there must be some cultures, which had different view on suicide other than that main narrative "suicide=bad"
Any help will be appreciated

 

[Dingo67]

Wikipedia actually has a decent section on that. Off the top of my head, Japan has probably the least anti-suicide culture. Suicide=bad is mainly super strong in certain cultures because of the influence of Christanity or Islam so looking at, the admittedley few, which aren't strongly influnced by either of those religions would probably be your best bet.

 

[Pluto]

How to CTB in Ancient Rome

If someone wished to willingly end their life within the borders of the Roman Empire, they were to apply to the Senate so that the Senate could judge whether their reasons for suicide were sound. If the reasons were considered sound, the person would be allowed to commit suicide. They would even...

sanctioned-suicide.net

 

[AlTheObviousAlien]

Sweden (as well as other countries like Ireland) today has a very interesting take on chosen death. They only allow those with incurable illnesses CTB.

 

[8leveloquenfrn4evr8]

Ancient Greece condoned it in certain situations.