Lute
The lute denotes androgynous union, lovers, divine praise, friendship, marital harmony, scholarship, and Orphic mastery that reconciles natural forces and human passions.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- 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.
- Biwa-bokuboku is Japanese folklore
why
In Japanese folklore, Biwa-bokuboku is a sentient biwa lute.