Motif
mirror as soul and heart-index
mirror_as_soul_and_heart_index
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Mirrors and Reflective Objects. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3178-3288 confidence: high
The husband explains that the disk is a mirror showing the viewer’s own form, says mirrors are necessary for women in the capital, quotes a proverb comparing a woman’s mirror to a samurai’s sword, says it indexes the heart, and says it is among the Emperor’s insignia.
The husband states that a woman’s mirror is treated as her soul and as an index of her heart; the wife accepts the mirror as representing her soul.
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