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What is an urning?

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Updated: 8/17/2019

Urns are containers for keeping your loved one's ashes in. They can be made form many different materials, and can be buried, kept as a memorial or used to scatter the ashes. If you are looking for more information try this site: <a href=""http://www.daisymemories.com"">Cremation Urns</a> Daisy Memories.

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Urning is an archaic word for a gay person.


The German word Urning was first published by activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–95) in a series of five booklets (1864–65) which were collected under the title Forschungen über das Räthsel der mannmännlichen Liebe ("Research into the Riddle of Man-Male Love").

Ulrichs developed his terminology before the first public use of the term "homosexual", which appeared in 1869 in a pamphlet published anonymously by Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824–82).


The word Urning (or Uranian in English) was derived by Ulrichs from the Greek goddess Aphrodite Urania, who was created out of the god Uranus' testicles. Therefore, it stands for homosexual gender, while Aphrodite Dionea represents the heterosexual gender.

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