It's interesting that Yoshiro becomes crippled at Kamura Shrine, where the Goddess is said to have descended once.
The sacred mikoshi...is a very strange thing. A mikoshi is used to transport deities between shrines.
In some cylces, is the Maiden pulled on the mikoshi the entire journey? Isn't she always the acting Goddess from the very beginning? Is that why Yoshiro is barefooted? Was she not meant to actually walk anywhere?
Does she become crippled here because she's becoming more like the Goddess, who was defiled?