Naraku, Big Bad in the series Inuyasha, treats InuYasha as little more than an annoyance early in the series.Whether or not that's actually true has yet to be seen, but trying to kill her the normal way definitely doesn't work. Durarara!!: Although Celty lives separately from her head, she worries that if it's destroyed, it might also kill her.Not to be confused with Crystal Prison, where a person is trapped in a gem. If the Soul Jar has to be inside the body for the character to "live", it's a Heart Drive.Ĭompare Fighting a Shadow. If the Soul Jar gives a special power but using it can be hazardous, it may also be an Amulet of Dependency. If the owner of the Soul Jar is evil, then there's a good chance the Soul Jar is an Artifact of Doom. If the owner's body is destroyed, the Soul Jar may become Sealed Evil (or Good, or Badass) In A Can. The device is usually used by liches, and is invariably associated with them in folklore.Ī subtrope of Ghost in the Machine and Immortality Inducer. Of course despite the name it's not necessarily a jar common examples are paintings, gems and still beating hearts and in mythology and fairy tales, eggs or trees. ( Voldemort's horcruxes are of this type.) They can only be completely killed by first destroying the jar, then killing their current body. ( The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body, and similar fairy tales.) 2) The person can be physically killed while the jar is intact, but they simply come back with a fresh body. (See the Yura of the Hair example below) 1b) Destroying the jar makes it possible to kill the entity whose soul was jarred. This one has two sub-categories:ġa) Destroying the jar kills the entity whose soul was jarred. Typically, Soul Jars work in one of two ways:ġ) The person whose soul is jarred cannot be physically killed (or in some cases even injured) as long as the jar is intact. Usually, they make sure it is very well protected (the word phylactery actually comes from Ancient Greek phylacterion, form of phylássein, (φυλάσσειν) meaning "to guard, protect"). The only flaw is that the Soul Jar is now their Achilles' Heel. A container or object which holds all or part of a person's soul (or life, or heart) outside of their body this makes that person immortal and/or invulnerable.
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