SourceApparitions at the Time of Death
Reports of a dying person’s presence interpreted as a visit or a thought-form.
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SourceBattle of the Fireflies
The glowing insects associated with returning Minamoto and Taira warriors.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
SourceCorpse Candle
A spectral light interpreted in Welsh tradition as a warning of death.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceGoblin Funeral
A phantom procession whose bier can vanish when a witness joins it.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceHoichi’s Ghost Performance
The musician summoned to perform for the dead in Davis’s Hoichi story.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceKikuo and the Chrysanthemum Spirits
Flowers tended in memory of an exiled lord appear as children to the dying gardener in Davis’s chrysanthemum legend.
Japanese legends in F. Hadland Davis’s English retellings (1912)SourcePeony Lantern
The nightly visits whose lantern leads Shinzaburo toward the visitors’ graves.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceThe Pine-tree Lovers of Takasago
Matsue rescues Teoyo beside a pine-tree, and their lifelong companionship continues as a moonlit legend in Davis’s retelling.
Japanese legends in F. Hadland Davis’s English retellings (1912)SourceThe Violet Well
A rescue at a flower-covered well becomes a tragic love story shaped by social exclusion in Davis’s anthology.
Japanese legends in F. Hadland Davis’s English retellings (1912)SourceTolaeth
An ominous sound that anticipates work, death or a funeral procession.
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