ᴄᴀʀʀʏɪɴɢ ᴀ sᴡᴏʀᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ᴀ Fɪɢᴜʀᴇ ʀᴜɴs ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪᴅɢᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ.

Oh, ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴇɴɢᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇɪᴛʏ ʜᴀs ᴄᴏᴍᴇ!

Sunday, 29 December 2024

Dancing the Kagura.

In Shinto, when the shrine maiden dances the Kagura, it's said she becomes the Deity

When Soh is summoned as a messenger of the Deity, is it Yoshiro who is the Deity in that moment? 

Masks are also a channeling device. In the ending, Yoshiro is holding a mask as Soh leaves.

But the mask fades away from Soh's face, she doesn't grab it. Is it meant to reveal she was holding it herself the whole time and using it? Is that why the scroll of Soh fighting is called Kunitsukami? Because she's dancing the Kagura, becoming divine?

I suspect Soh is her soul, who wore the mask.

Extra:

She looked pretty here...