Onryō
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (55) currently groups 3 source layers with divergent titles. Milestone-1 migration preserves every layer below without inventing a single merged narrative. Status: needs-review.
Also attested under these titles
Section titled “Also attested under these titles”- Terma and Tertön
- Fangzhong — Bedchamber Arts
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Terma and Tertön
Section titled “Layer 1: Terma and Tertön”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
In Nyingma and Bön-related treasure traditions, teachings are believed to be concealed for later revelation. Treasures may be physical objects/texts or “mind treasures.”
Discovery pattern in biographies
Section titled “Discovery pattern in biographies”Prophetic signs/dreams → pilgrimage to specified place or activation of latent transmission → discovery/revelation → decoding of symbolic script → verification/transmission.
Reliability: B.
Layer 2: Fangzhong — Bedchamber Arts
Section titled “Layer 2: Fangzhong — Bedchamber Arts”Source file:
02_Daoism.md
A broader Chinese sexual-cultivation literature involving longevity, ejaculation control, timing, breath and yin-yang theories. It overlaps Daoist environments but is not identical with “Daoism.”
Access: historical/medical/elite manuals; varied.
Reliability: B.
Layer 3: Onryō
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03_Shinto.md
Vengeful spirit belief. Powerful dead, especially those who died unjustly or violently, could be blamed for calamity.
Religious response
Section titled “Religious response”Pacification rather than simple “banishment”: memorial rites, offerings, posthumous honors, shrine establishment and transformation into protective kami.
Reliability: A/B.