I'm hoping to translate:
"With this [pledge/deposit] of blood and breath,
I summon the unseen forces to [animate] this [dead thing]."
I'm really flexible on a lot of this wording. It's more important to me that it sound good than be a perfect translation.
For instance, with the whole [pledge/deposit] thing, the blood and breath are sort of like a down payment. Is there a particular word that would work for this? What is in fidem?
For [animate] I want a word that means put life into, but not necessarily resurrect or bring back.
And for [dead thing], I'm hoping there's a word that would be applicable to a dead human, a dead animal, and a dead plant as well. Is there a word like that?
Thanks in advance.
"With this [pledge/deposit] of blood and breath,
I summon the unseen forces to [animate] this [dead thing]."
I'm really flexible on a lot of this wording. It's more important to me that it sound good than be a perfect translation.
For instance, with the whole [pledge/deposit] thing, the blood and breath are sort of like a down payment. Is there a particular word that would work for this? What is in fidem?
For [animate] I want a word that means put life into, but not necessarily resurrect or bring back.
And for [dead thing], I'm hoping there's a word that would be applicable to a dead human, a dead animal, and a dead plant as well. Is there a word like that?
Thanks in advance.