Motif
Animal grief as analogue for human bereavement
animal_grief_as_analogue_for_human_bereavement
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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confucian
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The Li Ki, Books XI-XLVI (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part IV; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 28) BOOK XXVII. FANG At / BOOK XXVIII. AUNG YUNG / BOOK XXIX. PIAO At / RULES ON HURRYING TO MOURNING RITES?.; lines 15305-15456 confidence: high
Creatures with blood and breath are said to love their species; larger birds and beasts return to old haunts and cry after losing a mate, smaller birds chatter and cry, and human grief for kindred remains unexhausted even until death.
Birds and beasts are described as returning to haunts and crying after mate loss, and this is used to frame the greater endurance of human grief for kindred.
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