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Thanks to 'Turrin B' and his phenomenal work on this thread:
A lot of us gained a significant amount of knowledge on Kishimoto's inspiration for Shikkotsurin(Humid Bone Forest) and the Death God of the Reaper Death Seal. If his exceptional theory is correct than we all might be treated to the actual residual plain of the Death God himself, which is more than likely, Shikkotsurin.
Thanks to that theory, I started reading up on Yūrei, which is the Death God in the anime, and I found out that there are several types of Yūrei according to Japanese Mythology and Folklore, and so I came across the inspiration for Dan's Reika no Jutsu:
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, if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend reading it from top to bottom!A lot of us gained a significant amount of knowledge on Kishimoto's inspiration for Shikkotsurin(Humid Bone Forest) and the Death God of the Reaper Death Seal. If his exceptional theory is correct than we all might be treated to the actual residual plain of the Death God himself, which is more than likely, Shikkotsurin.
Thanks to that theory, I started reading up on Yūrei, which is the Death God in the anime, and I found out that there are several types of Yūrei according to Japanese Mythology and Folklore, and so I came across the inspiration for Dan's Reika no Jutsu:
Ikiryō
In Japanese folklore, not only the dead are able to manifest their reikon(soul) for a haunting. Living creatures possessed by extraordinary jealousy or rage can release their spirit as an ikiryō 生き霊, a living ghost that can enact its will while still alive.
The most famous example of an ikiryo is Rokujo no Miyasundokoro, from the novel The Tale of Genji.
In Japanese folklore, not only the dead are able to manifest their reikon(soul) for a haunting. Living creatures possessed by extraordinary jealousy or rage can release their spirit as an ikiryō 生き霊, a living ghost that can enact its will while still alive.
The most famous example of an ikiryo is Rokujo no Miyasundokoro, from the novel The Tale of Genji.
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