Tradition summary
Nezha returned his flesh to his parents and was reborn from lotus petals, riding wheels of wind and fire.
Mythic Dream reflection
to dream of him is to be given permission to begin again from nothing, owing the past nothing, blazing and young.
Literary reflections
These fragments are original Mythic Dream writing, offered as prompts rather than historical source material.
His teacher rebuilt him from lotus roots and petals, and he rose cleaner than before; some second births are improvements.
He rides two wheels of wind and fire and carries a spear tipped in flame, the eternal boy-general; heaven's army has no older teenager.
His mother raised him a temple of incense and prayer before his rebirth, and her faith was half the lotus; being loved back to life is an old story.
To spare his parents heaven's punishment he carved his own flesh away and returned it to them bone by bone; the debt was paid in the hardest currency a child has.
Sources & editorial status
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