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Chris
Peltier
Registered User
(4/27/05 11:49 am)
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Re: other dolls
If the Japanese doll festival that darklingthrush is refering to is the same ceremony practiced by Shinto priests - in which outgrown dolls are taken to shrines in order to release their spirits - perhaps looking through stories connected to this Shinto tradition would be a place to start.
These beliefs are still widely accepted today in Japan, and the dollfi (doll/figure) company Volks even performs a Omukae (welcoming) ceremony to new owners, in which they are spiritually bonded to their new "angels".
For the curious:
www.volks.co.jp/en/
or
www.eyedia.com
(which also translates a lot of Rimbaud!)
~Chandra~
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Caerdroia
Registered User
(4/27/05 12:15 pm)
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Re: Swan Maiden
This trick also shows up in the tales of Anansi the Spider (The version that turns up in the Brer Rabbit stories is probably derived from that one).
There are a number of stories about animated objects from Japan. There is a Japanese folk belief that if a household object is kept for a certain amount of time (Usually 100 years), it will develop a kind of minor soul, and become weirdly animated. While "haunted" items (Tsukumogami) are most often things like farm tools, dishes, lanterns or umbrellas, I wouldn't be surprised if haunted dolls figure in there somewhere.
There is also the Yuki Onna (Lady of the Snows), an evil mountain spirit from Japanese folklore. In one story, she carries a bundle of ice formed into the shape of a baby. If she manages to trick a traveller into touching the ice doll, the victim is also turned to ice.
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Caerdroia
Registered User
(4/27/05 12:36 pm)
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Re: Swan Maiden
Wow- those dolls are incredible. Is this the same company that made the Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts dolls that were posted here a while ago ? I don't see them on this site, but they were very similar in style.
It would be pretty disturbing if some of these dolls started coming to life - especially the girl with the strange lavender eyes on the Super Dolfie 13 page.
To clarify, the Anansi/Brer Rabbit reference was for the honeymeal doll trap- I was too slow with my post!
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