The Goddess.

 In a previous post, I said Yoshiro is dressed as a certain goddess. I was mistaken.

She's also on a cherry tree(I think), the mikoshi was built from the cherry tree

They are posed the same way and these scrolls are telling a story.

Between these two scrolls, is this scroll: Phantom Paths.

Which we get after finishing defeating Cursed Soh, alongside Eternal Pool of Sunlight which we get after completing NG+.

So it's Moment of Peace, Phantom Paths, Birth of a Goddess, Eternal Pool of Sunlight.

When we finish NG, we see Phantom Paths with only Soh illuminated. Perhaps hinting this path has been taken by Yoshiro in the ending?

Are these the paths Yoshiro could've taken? A Cursed Ancestor or a Messenger?

My first instinct is that this story is a journey of Yoshiro's soul, Soh, to guide her into becoming a Goddess. But it can't be that because Yoshiro is worshiping the spirit stone of someone and Soh is a role because of the mask. (Her spirit self could be wearing the mask?) 

Yoshiro's veil and crown having those strange jewels on them, and every other mask as well save for Soh's... Perhaps it's because Soh does not have a human body?

At the end, Yoshiro removes the mask from Soh...

But Soh can't be Yoshiro because what was the spirit stone in the beginning?

They bow before it as if it's the Goddess. It can't be coincidence we see these after each other. This is representing the defiled Goddess. And this spirit stone was absolutely a different Maiden. It's Soh's body.

A kaleidoscope is shown when Soh arrives. It's made of mirrors. We use a mirror to move onto the next cycle and there's mirrors in Shinto shrines. Mirrors help us see our divine selves. Reflections are mentioned in Cursed Soh's plaque. Mirrors can 'hold' gods.

Where the spirit stone is, isn't a mirror usually there in actual Shinto shrines? So isn't Yoshiro looking at herself, as in...her future? Or is she looking at her divine self, which is defiled?

Yoshiro is called the Kagura Maiden. When you dance the Kagura, you become the deity. Is this implying she's always the deity?

Is this a mitama thing? 

Is Yoshiro a living Shintai? (note the kanji used has a similar one to Yoshiro)

Was Soh was sent by her own self as the Goddess? Is she is the Messenger of herself because she has sent her soul to guide Yoshiro?

What is actually happening in this story?

7 is a meaningful number. (8 is a lucky number in Shinto so maybe that's why it was chosen)

There were 7 cycles. But were there 7 individual maidens?