Talking about the Japanese Word Spirit Belief in Anime and the Birth of Curse from the Comic "Curse Back to War"

A long, long time ago, the witch was jealous because she was not invited by the king, and cursed the princess who was in the baby. In the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" we can see that the curse stems from negative human emotions. Mixed with fear, extreme, and hatred, the negative emotions are caused by words or by supernatural power to trap the cursed object in misfortune.

Jump is a juvenile manga, which came out on the screen in October this year. It was produced by MAPPA animation company, and the animation OP aroused a great positive response as soon as it came out. EVE created a song called Huihui Qi Tan for the anime Spell Fight. The ending song ALI sang Lost In Paradise with brisk dance, and immediately set off a wave of imitation on the Internet. The Spell Fight was regarded as a ghost by anime fans. After the Blade of Destruction, the king's blood animation successor.

The negative emotions of human beings in the world of the back-to-war of curses have produced the cursed spirits, and the cursed spirits slaughtered human beings in an infinite loop like ouroboros. The protagonist and his party are conjurers, whose mission is to get rid of the curse and save mankind.

At the beginning of the story, our protagonist, high school student Kuzhang Yuren, accidentally swallowed the finger of the cursed king Su Nuo in order to save his classmates. Therefore, the knot became a Su Nuo container and shared a body. The knotweed continued to find a way to coexist with Su Nuo without relying too much on Su Nuo's power. In the story, we can see that Kuzhang Yuren is a positive and optimistic young man, and it is also the standard setting of the JUMP hero. Kuzhang has been pursuing the "correct death", which is bound to get rid of the curse spirit and eliminate the "incorrectness" caused to human beings. death".

Why do humans curse others? Where does the curse come from?

Want to die once and see?

This resentment, this hatred, will flow to hell.

Curses originate from the human state of mind and are transmitted through words or deeds. When it comes to the curse, I have to talk about another work Hellgirl. Do you have someone you hate? Do you want the other party to go to hell? Hell girl, Gunma Ai accepts the client's resentment. Once she accepts the commission, Gunma Ai will show up and deliver the scarecrow to the client, indicating that she made a contract with her. The method and the price of revenge - that is, the client must go to hell when he dies. Once the client decides to sign the contract, the cursed will be directly exiled to hell.

In each episode we can see the relationship between the client and the cursed, which may be the anger, fear, jealousy and envy of one of the parties. In this story, not only the bad guys will go to hell, maybe the "good guys" who are always kind to people and greet others with a smile will also be exiled to hell. It's hard for us to guess what kind of people will be resented. Of course, cursing people also has to pay the price, it's not that the time has not come. We can probably guess that the cursed person is directly exiled to hell, which in the eyes of the knotweed is an "incorrect death"

The world view of the battle of the curse has become a monster with a body. The magicians have eighteen martial arts.

Can remove curses. For example, the female horn horned briar is using hammers and nails to exorcise the curse spirit. The use of hammers and nails to nail the scarecrow is a part of the traditional curse ceremony. It is said to be a kind of ancient witchcraft. The scarecrow is regarded as the incarnation of the cursed. Instead, it has become an exclusive move rich in personal characteristics.

The Importance of Word Spirit Beliefs and True Names:

The dog curling thorns in the battle of spells are extremely word spirit masters, using the power of word spirit to exterminate spell spirits, because they understand the weight of words, they can only speak the name of "food" or irrelevant words. The setting of Yan Lingshi is used a lot in animation and comics, and traces of Yan Ling's belief can be seen from Natsume's friend account, Yan Ling girl, and young Onmyoji.

Japanese Shinto beliefs believe that there is a spirit of words in human language, ことだま. The thought of Yanling originated from the ancient Japanese belief that everything in nature is divine and can be worshipped. It reflects the awe of Contagious Magic as a transcendent being. The ancient Japanese had a unique consciousness of seeing the language "words" as one with the spiritual "meaning", "emotion" and "heart". (Wang Xiaolin, 2008). Animism makes the Japanese believe that there are gods in the words, and the spirit of words arises from the belief. The belief is reflected in the Japanese way of life, from "congratulations and sacrifices", name worship, vows or curses, words spit out from the human mouth There is spirit and weight in every sentence.

Talking about the importance of Japanese words and names, it can be seen from "Respect for True Names and Avoid Customs": "The custom of respecting and avoiding real names is a taboo. Taboo is a common phenomenon shared by human beings. Japanese taboos include one, contact taboo; two , the taboo of viewing; 3. the taboo of calling. And the custom of real name respect and avoidance has a certain relationship with the third article. Among the hidden girls, Chihiro was deprived of her real name in the soup house, and she lived as a small thousand since then, her destiny He gradually became inseparable from Yuya because her real name was shackled. In addition, Bailong was only truly free when he found his real name, Amber Lord Rao Susui (ニギハヤミコハクヌシ).

As for the works that use the Word Spirit as a weapon, I will take "Yes ZE" as an example. The BL comic "Yes ZE" tells the story of the Yan Lingshi family and their paper dolls. In the story, the Word Spirit Master uses words as an attacking weapon, but when the Word Spirit Master uses the power of the Word Spirit to cause casualties to the opponent, they need to pay the same price. on. Of course, "It's ZE" depicts in detail the emotions between the Spirit Master and the paper dolls, and readers unconsciously feel pity for the paper dolls when reading the comics. The power of words is so heavy that everyone must be held accountable for what they say.

Does the curse really exist? The relationship between the word spirit and the curse:

There have also been cases of real words and curses killing in Japan:

(The following quote is from: Inari-do - Kyoto Culture Introduction and Tourism Planning Website)

Shingon monks curse to kill Japanese chaebols –

The background is that in the 1960s, Japan developed a large-scale industry, and the economy has grown significantly, but it has also affected the living environment and health of the people.

The fuse occurred in Yokkaichi city in the northern part of Mie prefecture.

The local government proposes to develop a large-scale petrochemical industry to form the Yokkaichi Industrial Zone, but this has also resulted in the destruction of the natural environment, the deterioration of the city's air quality, and a large amount of pollutants floating in the air. These pollution sources caused a large number of residents to suffer from asthma, which was called "Yokkaichi asthma" at the time. Matsushita Takahiro (Shingon Sect), Maruyama Teruo (Nichiren Sect) and two other monks, four lay people, a total of eight people formed a group:

"Public nuisance business owners curse to kill and pray for the Sangha." They go to the door of the corporate building that causes environmental damage every day to recite the scriptures, to the effect of:

"Today, I am building an altar and barrier here, and I persuade the great sage Fudo Mingo to come, and punish the owners of public nuisance enterprises across the country with a hammer, so that they will fall into hell forever."

The whole ritual lasted up to 4 hours, but the Sangha still reported every day and was never absent. In the end, as many as "17" corporate leaders died during this period of time. The causes of death were sudden severe illness, sudden death, mental disorder and suicide without warning.

source:

https://www.facebook.com/daohetang/posts/141824960710346/

It sounds like the curse killing thing is just right. Naturally, the resentment conveyed through words is transmitted to the ears, which will put a great deal of pressure on the listener's body and mind, causing the listener's soul to be traumatized, which in turn affects the health of the body, and even death in severe cases. Although the monks in the text carry out curse and killing actions for the sake of justice in the world, the curse will still pay a price, please be careful and fearful.

Greed, hatred and delusion - Buddhist scriptures in the battle of mantras:

If the knotweed can turn the dark side of human nature into a positive point of view, then Shunping and the curse master Xia Youjie have been pushed by others to see the dark side of human nature and no longer believe in the role of human beings. Everything in the world has light and darkness, just as the moon has bright and dark sides. Regarding the resentment and curses of human beings, the author must see Teacher Xiaxia responding to the matter of eliminating the curse with an interesting religious setting, that is, he appropriated many Buddhist scriptures, such as the strength ceiling in the story - Teacher Wujo Wujian used the unique trick "Infinite Space" The place" comes from the Formless Realm or Formless Realm in Buddhism. The formless realm is the top layer of the celestial realm, and together with the desire realm and the form realm are called the three realms. This realm exists beyond form (matter), and the formless realm is the seat of devas who have transcended even the physical body. Beyond matter, only "vacuum" exists. Buddhism calls greed, anger, and delusion as the three poisons, among which anger refers to people's anger and anger, beating, scolding and hurting others, which is the most of the three poisons. After watching Teacher Wutiao shouting "Infinite Space" or "I am the only one in the sky" with his handsome face and light blue eyes, we can't help but think about how Buddhism persuades Be kind, dedicate kindness to the people of the world, get rid of greed, hatred, ignorance, and reach the state of the colorless world. Of course, when watching the animation, the only thoughts in the mind of the reader are "This technique is too handsome, I want to learn it!" The last point, the battle of curses tells that when people only see the dark side of people and things, curses will appear. In fact, people have a way to choose, but they think that there is no way to choose. Of course, the human heart cannot be predicted, and we cannot control the thoughts of others. , the magician can be less dangerous, and perhaps in the not-too-distant future, a world where everyone can "correct death" in the eyes of Kuzhang Yuren will come.

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