Motif
Calling back the departed spirit
calling_back_the_departed_spirit
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
confucian
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The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) Book XLV. Purine Tf. / Book XLVI. SAnc FO SZE AIH. / Part IV. / Part V.; lines 4878-5026 confidence: medium
A prince's death is described as disappearance; his spirit is called back with a return formula; after interment his son is presented to the Son of Heaven; messengers use fixed self-designations.
At a prince's death, the spirit is addressed with a formula commanding return.
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