丑の刻まいり (うしのこくまいり) — cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death | Kakuso

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cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree and praying for said person's death

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丑の刻まいり

cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

うしのこくまいり

丑

sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac

うし, チュウ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

刻

engrave, cut fine, chop...

きざ.む, きざ.み, コク

亥

sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac

い, ガイ, カイ

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

人

ひと, -り, ジン

刂

( 刀 ) knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)

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