Motif
Calling back the spirits of the dead with arrows
calling_back_the_spirits_of_the_dead_with_arrows
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 XLVI. SAnc FO SZE AIH. / Part IV. / Part V. / BOOK Il. THE THAN KUNG.; lines 5521-5666 confidence: high
The practice in A0-lii of calling dead spirits back with arrows is said to originate from the battle of Shang-hsing; the Li practice of women visiting in condolence with sackcloth around the hair is said to originate from the defeat at Hd-thai.
The passage explicitly mentions a practice of calling dead spirits back with arrows and gives it a battle origin.
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