Ball
The ball denotes earth, celestial perfection, sun or moon, chance, fate, and divine power, while ritual games echo gods casting heavenly bodies.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 2 figures (1 is this, 1 carries it)
- Traditions
- Chinese mythology (1)Japanese folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Kesaran-pasaran is Japanese folklore
why
… as a mysterious, fluffy white ball, bringing happiness and good luck …
- Huli jing bears Chinese mythology
why
… described as a bead or ball of concentrated energy that it …