Motif
mirror used to maintain bond with dead parent
mirror_used_to_maintain_bond_with_dead_parent
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family, within the sub-family Memorial Feasts, Prayers, and Tokens for the Dead. 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 3502-3611 confidence: high
The father recognizes the mirror as the gift he brought her mother from the capital; the daughter explains her mother’s last words and promise to meet her when she looked into the glass.
The daughter keeps and looks into her dead mother’s mirror because she believes her mother’s last words promised a meeting through it.
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