Comparative mythology corpus

Absence Creates Longing For One’s Kind

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Daoist Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XXII. / KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS NORTH. / CHAPTER XXIII. / CHAPTER XXIV.; lines 10309-10451 medium Hsü Wu Kuei tells of an outlaw of Yüeh who, after longer absence, is glad to meet anyone connected with home. He adds a wilderness example of rejoicing at a human footfall or relative’s voice, and says the Prince has long lacked the voice of a pure man. record