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!

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

The Birth of a Goddess Scroll: another look.


In my main theory post, I said the kanji was:御阿礼. 'Miarei'.

According to this, it's actually read: みあれ. Miare.

Miare: Also written as Omare, it means the birth of a new god or noble person.

Here.

Miare (Birth) is an ancient Japanese word meaning the birth or coming of a god or a loved one.is. 

"Miare (God is born)" 

 Miare is a Japanese word in Shinto meaning the birth of new divine power.

Every year, a new spirit of the enshrined deity is born on Mt. Mikage and is welcomed to the main hall of the shrine. It is also called "Miare (Osei, 御生)" because it is said that a new spirit of the deity is born .

It's a Shinto term for a new god being born. It's also another word for 'Kamo Shrine'.(not relevant)

I interpret it, other than Soh becoming a Goddess after 7 generations, but that Yoshiro gets a new life and so does Soh. The cycle normally would end in Yoshiro becoming enshrined and Soh's spirit laying dormant within her crystallized body. But now both are free from this generational curse.

Generational curse is a funny term here because Yoshiro is 'generation' and indeed, the chosen Maiden is cursed this way to walk the Path.

I wonder if Kunitsu-Gami is sung by Yoshiro and Kunitsu-Kami is sung by Soh.
The latter sings 'please don't become tainted'. Maybe it's Soh's words to her descendant.

I have yet to analyze the lyrics though...