Research Scrap 10

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Research Scrap 10


Kanji 研究書草稿の断片10
けんきゅうしょそうこうのだんぺん じゅう
Game Fatal Frame
Author Ryozo Munakata
Chapter 3rd Night: The Calamity
Located at Fireplace Room
Obtained On the bookshelf at the bottom of the stairs
Description Ryozo Munakata Research Document - The Hell Gate, the Other World
Additional Description I found a book of old rice paper in the row of books.
Related Notes Research Scrap 1, Research Scrap 2, Research Scrap 3, Research Scrap 4, Research Scrap 5, Research Scrap 6, Research Scrap 7, Research Scrap 8, & Research Scrap 9

Himuro Rituals and Other-world Beliefs

The supposed purpose of the Strangling Ritual is to close the gate. Since gate is a word that signifies boundary, the Strangling Ritual must have some connection to the other-world beliefs of this region.

This region has had strong beliefs in "other worlds" since ancient times. The other-world beliefs are found in other parts of the country (as well). In most cases, gate means land of the dead.

It's safe to assume that the gate mentioned here is a door that connects this world to the land of the dead. A disaster called the Calamity will occur if that door opens. According to the legend, at the moment the door opens, the Malice pours out of Hell, and the dead come back to this world.

My theory is that a maiden is sacrificed in the Strangling Ritual in order to close and seal the gate, and to prevent the Calamity.

氷室の儀式と異界信仰


 裂き縄の儀式の目的は、「門」を閉じ
ることだと言われている。

 「門」とは、内と外とという世界の境
目をあらわす言葉であることから、裂き
縄の儀式は、この地方に古くから伝わる
異界信仰に関係があるのではないだろう
か。


 この地方には、古くから「常世の国」
「根の国」などと呼ばれる世界への信仰
が根強く残っている。

 これらの異界信仰は各地で見られるが、
「門」の外側は俗に言う「黄泉の国」つ
まり死の世界であることが多い。


 「門」とは、死の世界と現世とをつな
ぐ扉であると考えられる。

 伝承で「禍刻」と呼ばれる災厄は、こ
の扉が開く時に起こるとされている。
 そのとき、死の世界からの瘴気があふ
れ出し、死者さえも蘇ると言い伝えられ
ている。


 「裂き縄」の儀式とはこの「禍刻」が
起こらぬよう、巫女の死の力をもって、
門を封印する、というものではないだろ
うか。

Fatal Frame - File
Notebooks
Kirie's Diary - Mafuyu's notebook - Priest's Writings - Old Diary - Lady's Diary - Yae's Death Note - Child's Writing - Black Notebook - Red Notebook - Research Notes - Guest's Notes
Scraps
Five Buddhas Document - Five Stones Document - Document on Binding - Strangling Ritual Document - Blind Demon Ritual Document - The Calamity Document - Priest's Manual - Research Scrap - News Clipping 1 - News Clipping 2 - News Clipping 3 - Old News Article - Priest's Research Notes - Camera Controls 1 - Camera Controls 2 - Shooting Ghosts - About Power-ups
Photos
Boy pulled into Clock - Demon Tag Girls Photo - Demon Tag Scroll - Editor's Photo - Family Photo - Foot of Staircase - Furious-looking Mask - Girl pulled into Well - Girl pulled through Door - Gravestone in Photo - Huge Altar - Huge Stone Monument - Japanese Doll Shelf - Key in the Photo - Kirie Photo - Light through Crevice - Lit Garden Lantern - Mask on the Pillar - On the Beam - Ornamental Lion Mask - Photo of Character? - Row of Candlesticks - Row of Garden Lanterns - Row of Japanese Dolls - Rubbish Heap in Photo - Shinto Gate in Photo - Some Stone Monument - Stand with no Mirror - Stone Burial Mound - Stone Burial Mound? - Stone Monument in Photo - Stone on the Well - Storehouse - Waterwheel in Photo
Tapes
Blue Tape - Red Tape - White Tape