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VIDEO: Watanagashi-hen | TIP 8: From The Scrapbook II
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VIDEO: Watanagashi-hen | TIP 8: From The Scrapbook II
The sacrificial ritual was a simple drowning, involving plunging sacrifices into Onigafuchi Swamp, which was considered hallowed.
Of the rituals of Onigafuchi Village, this one was unique in that the sacrifice would sink slowly over the long course of three days and three nights.
I believe that it wasn't so much the killing of this sacrifice that was important, but rather the symbolism of them sinking as the 'submerging' of Oyashiro-sama's anger.
Unfortunately, as far as I can tell from the records, those methods were not recorded.
My thoughts are that they may have used logs or some similar material to create a raft, then set up a scaffold on there, hung the sacrifice up with ropes, and let them sink little by little over time into the swamp.
However, if that were the case, it would not be strange if the 'ritual implements' used for such a ceremony were honored as holy and enshrined somewhere.