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Motif · motif_lantern

Lantern

A hand lantern with an enclosed flame. The only object in this tranche whose meaning source is a feature written about the motif itself rather than about a style that contains it, which is why it carries two edges at medium confidence despite being Tier 2 only.
Thin
Medium confidenceresearched

2 attested · 2 promoted1 source · T2

What the research says

motifs_seed
Category
object
Variants
hanging lantern; lit lantern; broken lantern
Common styles
american traditional; neo traditional
Common themes
spiritual
Cultural flags
Buddhist reincarnation invoked by the source and NOT edged; routed to T11.10

Provenance

1 resolved

  • Lanterns Tattoo, a philosophical take (opens in a new tab)

    Tier 2

    Tattoo Life Crew, Tattoo Life

    Tattoo magazine feature on the lantern as a tattoo subject. Verbatim: "The lantern has always been associated with the idea of light" and "it can be seen as a symbol of the quest for truth through the use of our human intelligence". The page also invokes Buddhism ("in a sort of reincarnation without end, like in Buddhism"); that clause is NOT converted into an edge here - a trade magazine may not establish a living religion's doctrine - and is routed to T11.10.

    professional tattoo source · published 2021-08-18 · retrieved 2026-08-30

Related concepts

4 links

Can symbolize · 2

  • → outgoingLightSymbolThin
    strength 0.75researched

    The source's opening claim: “The lantern has always been associated with the idea of light”.

  • → outgoingTruthSymbolThin
    strength 0.50researched

    A second, distinct reading from the same feature: “it can be seen as a symbol of the quest for truth through the use of our human intelligence”.

Frequently used in · 2

  • → outgoingAmerican TraditionalStyleThin
    strength 0.50promoted · not an independent attestationresearched

    Promoted from motifs_seed.common_styles of motif_lantern ('american traditional'). No new fact: this edge restates a value already present in the corpus. STRENGTH 0.5 set by the T11.11c rule: this pairing is asserted by ONE parent row's association column and by no second row; the pack's scale reads 0.5 as 'context-dependent'. Inputs are corpus counts only - no source count, tier or confidence is used.

  • → outgoingNeo TraditionalStyleThin
    strength 0.50promoted · not an independent attestationresearched

    Promoted from motifs_seed.common_styles of motif_lantern ('neo traditional'). No new fact: this edge restates a value already present in the corpus. STRENGTH 0.5 set by the T11.11c rule: this pairing is asserted by ONE parent row's association column and by no second row; the pack's scale reads 0.5 as 'context-dependent'. Inputs are corpus counts only - no source count, tier or confidence is used.