A hungry ghost. A spirit who returns from Diyu absent its yang. Reduced to an animalistic state, it thinks only of satiating its needs and preys upon the essence of the living to satisfy its hunger. Sometimes, the flesh, too.
Is that accurate? We have similar folk stories in Yan, though it seems you are saying this is more than a story.
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Date: 2025-01-26 05:06 am (UTC)[She nods in understanding.]
A hungry ghost. A spirit who returns from Diyu absent its yang. Reduced to an animalistic state, it thinks only of satiating its needs and preys upon the essence of the living to satisfy its hunger. Sometimes, the flesh, too.
Is that accurate? We have similar folk stories in Yan, though it seems you are saying this is more than a story.