The Doll Memorial

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The Doll Memorial


Kanji 人形供養について
にんぎょう くよう に ついて
Game Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
Author Shrine of Dolls Priest
Chapter Fourth Drop: Spirited Away
Located at Shrine of Dolls, Returning Hallway
Obtained On the floor
Description A document found in the Shrine of Dolls. It mentions a doll memorial ceremony.
Additional Description There's an old notebook left in the hallway.
Related Notes Shrine of Dolls Records

I decided to conduct a memorial ritual of sending a doll downriver, as is described in Mt. Hikami folklore.

Here on the mountain, the flowing waters have long been deified. Life springs from the water, then returns to it.

All of the bones in the cave beneath the shrine had been laid into the waters. This was probably considered to be a way of returning life to the water.

The shrine was built upon the Pure Water River, with a walkway crossing it.

I have found numerous dolls at the bottom of the river and downstream. These dolls were likely placed on the water as a form of memorial for those they depicted.

人形を河に流す供養について、日上山に
伝わる言い伝えに沿って行うことにした。

この山では、古くから山に流れる「水」を
御神体としていたらしく、命はその水から
生まれ、水へと帰るのだそうだ。


社地下にあった洞窟の人骨は、全て
水の底に横たわっていた。
おそらく、「命を水に帰した」のだろう。


この神社は、御澄川という川を挟むように
建てられており、その間には廊下が渡され
ている。

調べてもらったところ、川の底や下流から
多くの人形が見つかった。
ヒトガタミに込められた魂たちは、この廊下
から川へと帰され、供養されていたのかも
しれない。

Collected Items
Letter from Fuyuhi - Fuyuhi's Notes - Messy Notes - Suicide Note - Haruka's Notes - Drenched Note - Notes from Miku - The Doll Memorial - Shrine of Dolls - Folklorist's Notes - Water-design Journal - Dr. Aso's Records - Book Next to the Hair - Shiragiku's Journal - Notes Left Behind - Yuri's Notebook - Rui's Journal - Hisoka's Letter - Hisoka's Journal - Kazuya's Notes - Note from Miu - Note from Ren - Black Diary - White Diary - Bloodstained Notes - Lost Item Case Files - Missing Persons Reports - Yuri's Report - The Art of Shadow Reading - Mt. Hikami's Downfall - The Deathly Mountain - Suicide at Mt. Hikami - Unfinished Manuscript - The Maiden Slayer - Cave-in Record - The Veiled House (Report) - Local Customs - Tales of Photography - The Ghost Marriage - The Female Perspective - Tales of the Sunset - Shrine on the Water - In the Reliquaries - On the Shadowborn - Ghost Brides - Water & Mt. Hikami - Water, Life, and Death - The Shadowspring Tale - Writings on Glancing - The Immortal Flower - Mt. Hikami's Strictures - Tainted Waters - The Shadow-touched - On Flamekeepers - On Choosing a Bride - On Bridehood - Regarding Bridegrooms - The Black Reliquaries - The Three Pillars - The Taboo of Glancing - Opening Reliquaries - On the Mountain's Cry - The Rear Shrine - Dedication - Note from a Tent - Sunken Note - Crumpled Note - Apparent Suicide Note - Deteriorating Note - Keiji's Cassettes - Call from a Client