| 单词 | spirit song |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit song spirit song n. (a) a song sung by a spirit (now rare); (b) a song used to summon or invoke a spirit, esp. in shamanic ritual. ΚΠ 1817 J. Baillie Let. 2 July (1999) I. v. 372 The homely meanness of his incantations & spirit songs. 1876 Contemp. Rev. July 253 Lively fancy, without elaboration, in the spirit-songs of ‘Manfred’. 1908 G. Herring tr. K. Rasmussen People of Polar North ii. 150 He..begins to tremble all over from head to foot, and then suddenly springs out on the floor and strikes up the monotonous spirit-song [Danish aandevise]. 1946 M. Lantis Social Culture Nunivak Eskimo 205/2 Some..‘spirit songs’..were sung by the shaman in public performances to demonstrate his magic powers, to show off his spirit helpers and give a semireligious entertainment. 1975 F. Mowat Snow Walker (1978) 135 I heard her softly singing her spirit song.., the secret song she had received from her mother's mother and with which she could summon her helping spirit. 1991 D. M. Hines Forgotten Tribes ii. 47 In revealing itself to the child, the spirit would utter its characteristic animal cry, sing its special spirit song.., and finally resume its animal form ad disappear. < as lemmas |
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