Folk Scholar's Writings VIII

For the version of this note that appears in Fatal Frame II, see Folklorist's Note 8 (FF2).

For the version of this note that appears in Crimson Butterfly Remake, see Folklorist's Note 17.

Folk Scholar's Writings VIII
Kanji	民俗学者の手記 八 みんぞくがくしゃのしゅき はち
Game	Fatal Frame: Deep Crimson Butterfly
Author	Seijiro Makabe
Chapter	Chapter 4: The Hidden Ceremony
Located at	Kurosawa House, Cell
Obtained	On the floor outside the locked cell
Description	The journal of a folk scholar. It was written while he was trapped in a cell.
Additional Description	There's an old book over here.
Related Notes	Folk Scholar's Writings I, Folk Scholar's Writings II, Folk Scholar's Writings III, Folk Scholar's Writings IV, Folk Scholar's Writings V, Folk Scholar's Writings VI, Folk Scholar's Writings VII, Folk Scholar's Writings IX, Folk Scholar's Writings X, Folk Scholar's Writings XI & Folk Scholar's Writings XII

ENJA

In ancient times, mountain villages would customarily sacrifice travellers in traditional festivals.
I'm sure I heard the priests say things like 'Outsider' and 'Kusabi' when they dragged me in here. What exactly does this Shadow Ritual that the twins mentioned actually entail?

The key they gave me must be for the side door of this house. According to the map, the key to this cell is in a cavern under the Osaka house. I'd imagine that this is a storeroom that uses part of this deep path I've been reading about.

古（いにしえ）の山村では通りかかった客人
を生贄として祭りを行う村があった。

宮司たちは、私を捕える時に「マレビト」、
「楔となる」などと言っていたように思う。

双子の少女が言っていた「陰祭」とは、
どういうものなのだろうか。


彼女たちから受け取った鍵はこの屋敷の脇戸
を出るためのものでしかない。

地図によれば、牢を出る鍵は逢坂家の地下に
ある洞窟に隠されていると書かれている。
以前調べた、深道の一部を利用した貯蔵庫の
ことではないだろうか。