Motif
elevated and directional soul-calling
elevated_and_directional_soul_calling
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 XI-XLVI (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part IV; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 28) BOOK XII. MING THANG WEI / BOOK XIII. SANG FU HSIAO Al / BOOK XV. SHAO f / THE GREATER RECORD OF MOURNING RITES.; lines 7003-7137 confidence: medium
For calling back the soul, steps to the roof are arranged, a low-ranking officer uses a status-specific robe, ascends to the roof, faces north, calls three times, casts down the rolled garment, and descends after the curator receives it.
The soul-calling performer ascends to the middle of the roof or, in open country, mounts the carriage, and the roof rite includes facing north and giving three calls.
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