gọi hồn
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Definition
Verb:
- To conjure up a dead person's soul (and invite it to enter a medium to deliver a message): "gọi hồn" refers to the ritualistic act of summoning the spirit or soul of a deceased person, typically to communicate with the living through a medium.
- To practice necromancy: In a broader, often historical or superstitious context, it can mean to engage in the art of communicating with the dead.
Noun (as in the ritual or practice):
- Necromancy; a soul-calling ritual: "gọi hồn" can also refer to the practice or ceremony itself.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Người ta tin rằng thầy phù thủy có thể gọi hồn người đã khuất. (People believe the sorcerer can conjure up the soul of the departed.)
- Trong một số tín ngưỡng dân gian, người ta gọi hồn để hỏi ý kiến tổ tiên. (In some folk beliefs, people practice necromancy to consult their ancestors.)
Noun:
- Lễ gọi hồn thường được tiến hành vào ban đêm. (The soul-calling ritual is often performed at night.)
- Gọi hồn bị coi là một hình thức mê tín dị đoan. (Necromancy is considered a form of superstition.)
Advanced Usage
"buổi gọi hồn": a séance; a session of conjuring spirits.
- Buổi gọi hồn kết thúc mà không có hồn nào hiện về. (The séance ended without any spirits appearing.)
"thầy gọi hồn" / "pháp sư gọi hồn": a necromancer; a spirit conjurer.
- Thầy gọi hồn tuyên bố đã liên lạc được với thế giới bên kia. (The necromancer claimed to have made contact with the other world.)
Variants and Related Words
- Gọi vong (verb/noun): A near-synonym, also meaning to call/conjure a spirit, often used interchangeably with "gọi hồn".
- Thuật gọi hồn (noun): The art or practice of necromancy.
- Đồng cốt / Cô đồng (noun): A medium; the person who serves as a vessel for the conjured spirit.
Synonyms
- Triệu hồn (verb): To summon a soul/spirit (a more formal or literary term).
- Liên lạc với người chết / cõi âm (verb phrase): To communicate with the dead / the spirit world.
Related Phrases
- Lên đồng (verb): To go into a trance (as a medium); often associated with or following a "gọi hồn" ritual where a spirit enters the medium.
- Sau khi gọi hồn, bà đồng bắt đầu lên đồng. (After conjuring the spirit, the medium began to go into a trance.)
Related Idioms
- Gọi hồn ai về: This phrase can be used literally for the ritual. Figuratively, it is sometimes used to mean trying to evoke the memory or essence of someone/something from the past.
- Bài hát này như gọi hồn ký ức tuổi thơ tôi về. (This song is like conjuring the soul of my childhood memories.) (Note: This is a figurative, poetic extension.)
- Conjure up a deal person's soul (and invite in to give a message to a medium).
- (Thuật gọi hồn) Necromancy