Note 72 — Chapter XIII · The Symbolism of Jade
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The wandering soul could be “called back” by repeating the individual’s name. In China, even the dead were called back, and the ceremony of recalling the soul is prominent in funeral rites, as De Groot shows.72 Peoples as far separated as the Mongolian Buriats and the inhabitants of England, Scotland, and Ireland believed that ghosts could be enticed to return to the body.73 The “death-howl” in China and Egypt, and elsewhere, is evidently connected with this ancient belief.