霊

location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place

miraculous; wonder-working; magical

animism

the lord of creation; man; mankind

fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits

Proverb

fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass

immortality of the soul

ancestral spirits

bogus company; paper company

spiritism; spiritualism

floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased

primatology

psychic surgery

African American spiritual; Negro spiritual; black spiritual

faith in the power of language; belief that reality is affected by the spoken word; speaking of a lucky (or unlucky) event will bring it about

Proverb

man is the crown of creation

unity of body and spirit

joint service for the war dead

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox

Pentecost; Whitsunday

spiritism; worship of the dead

Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)

to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox