![]() ![]() The requisite Wham for Code Geass R2 episode 20 reveals that one character ( Empress Marianne) had cheated death by turning another one ( Anya Alstreim) into a living, breathing Soul Jar.The device is usually used by liches, and is invariably associated with them in folklore. It does not necessarily host a soul, either sometimes an object is tied to a character's immortality, but does not actually contain the character's soul. Of course despite the name it's not necessarily a jar common examples are paintings, gems and still beating hearts and in mythology and fairy tales, eggs or trees. The trope itself, however, is Older Than Dirt - it appears in the ancient Egyptian Tale of Two Brothers, where one of the brothers survives his death by hiding his heart on a tree for the other to restore later. The Trope Namer is Might and Magic, where necromancers and evil wizards transfer their souls into literal jars during the spell to transform themselves into liches. 2c) The jared soul needs an external help to resuscitate/obtain a replacement body.Over time, the possessed person may change to resemble the soul's original body. ![]() 2b) The jarred soul can reach out from the jar to hijack someone else's body.2a) The jar grows a replacement body for the one that was killed.( Voldemort's horcruxes are of this type.) This comes in three flavors: They can only be completely killed by destroying both the jar and the current body. 2) The person can be physically killed while the jar is intact, but they don't stay dead, in which case it doubles as a form of Resurrective Immortality.( The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body, and similar fairy tales.) 1b) Destroying the jar makes it possible to kill the entity whose soul was jarred.1a) Destroying the jar kills the entity whose soul was jarred.1) The person whose soul is jarred cannot be physically killed (or in some cases even injured) as long as the jar is intact.Typically, Soul Jars work in one of two ways: Usually, they make sure it is very well protected (the word phylactery, the common name for this kind of container from Dungeons & Dragons fame, actually comes from Ancient Greek phylacterion, form of phylássein, meaning "to guard, protect"). The only flaw is that the Soul Jar is now their Achilles' Heel. A container or object which holds all or part of a person's soul (or life, or heart) outside of their body this makes that person immortal and/or invulnerable. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |