Folklorist's Note 10 (FF2)

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Folklorist's Note 10
Kanji	民俗学者の手記 十 みんぞくがくしゃのしゅき じゅう
Game	Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Author	Seijiro Makabe
Chapter	Chapter 4: Forbidden Ritual
Located at	Kurosawa House, Cell
Obtained	In the bookshelf.
Description	It is about Twin Shrine Maidens.
Additional Description	Among the old, tightly packed volumes, one slightly newer one has been tucked away.
Related Notes	Folklorist's Note 1, Folklorist's Note 2, Folklorist's Note 3, Folklorist's Note 4, Folklorist's Note 5, Folklorist's Note 6, Folklorist's Note 7, Folklorist's Note 8, Folklorist's Note 9, Folklorist's Note 11 & Folklorist's Note 12

ENJA

Twin Shrine Maidens

Twin Shrine Maidens are sacrificed in the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual.

Boys are sometimes used as well.
In this case, they are called Altar Twins.

The people of this region believe that twins were once a single being, which was split into two at birth.

The ceremony is based on the belief that when the two bodies are reunited as one, the Shrine Maiden will gain the power of a deity.

The text says
"the older sister must ✻✻ the younger, and throw her into the ✻".

The ✻✻ part must refer to the most horrible part of the ritual, probably some kind of "sacrifice".

双子巫女


紅贄祭において、贄として捧げられる
双子の巫女。

時として男の双子で行われる場合もある。

その場合は双子御子と記される。

この地方では、双子とは元々一人であった
ものが、別れてうまれてきたと信じられて
いるようだ。


紅贄祭とは、

「二つに分かれた体が一つに合わさる時
　その巫女は神の子としての力が生じる」

とい言い伝えをもとにしたものらしく、

「姉が妹を✕✕し、✕へなげ入れる」

と記されている。


✕✕の部分は、恐らく文面に書き残すことを
忌むような儀式なのであろう。

「贄」という文字がその内容を表している。

Folk Scholar's Writings X
Kanji	民俗学者の手記 十 みんぞくがくしゃのしゅき じゅう
Game	Fatal Frame: Deep Crimson Butterfly
Author	Seijiro Makabe
Chapter	Chapter 4: The Hidden Ceremony
Located at	Kurosawa House, Cell
Obtained	On the bookshelf.
Description	The journal of a folk scholar. It is about the twin maidens of Minakami Village.
Additional Description	A single new book is noticeable among all the old tomes on the shelves.
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 VIII, Folk Scholar's Writings IX, Folk Scholar's Writings XI & Folk Scholar's Writings XII

ENJA

The Twin Maidens

Twin girls are offered as sacrifices during the Crimson Sacrifice Festival.
Twin boys are also used on occasion, in which case they are known as twin wardens.
It would appear that, according to the local belief system, twins were all originally one person, split into two at birth.

It seems the Crimson Sacrifice Festival is based on the belief that: 'Maidens are one being separated into two. When they are rejoined together, they are granted the power of a god'. An ancient text goes on to note that: 'the elder sister must ✻✻ the younger, and cast her into the ✻'.

The ✻✻ must refer to something too terrible to mention directly.
And yet the word 'Sacrifice' leaves little to the imagination...

双子巫女


紅贄祭において、贄として捧げられる
双子の巫女。

時として男の双子で行われる場合もある。

その場合は双子神子と記される。

この地方では、双子とは元々一人であった
ものが、分かれてうまれてきたと信じられて
いるようだ。


紅贄祭とは、

「二つに分かれた体が一つに合わさる時
　その巫女は神の子としての力が生じる」

とい言い伝えをもとにしたものらしく、

「姉が妹を✕✕し、✕へなげ入れる」

と記されている。


✕✕の部分は、恐らく文面に書き残すことを
忌むような儀式なのであろう。

「贄」という文字がその内容を表している。