After all, what was the Seven Children?
The first thing that comes to mind for child youkai is Zashiki-warashi. However, with Zashiki-warashi, who is said to settle in the house and bring good fortune. The seven children who bring disaster are the exact opposite.
However, Zashiki-warashi was also extracted only by the beautiful parts by fiction, etc. There is also a theory that the original folklore has a fairly harsh part. Well, I have a lot to talk about Zashiki-warashi, so I will post it at a later date. For the time being, there is probably no connection with the seven children.
Now let's focus on the "seven" part of the seven children, not the children. Youkai who works in groups of seven, or ghosts, also exists in the world where I used to live. Its name is "Seven Misaki".
It is said that a person who always acts as a group of seven and encounters Shichinin Misaki will die with a high fever. Those who are possessed and killed are taken in by the seven Misakis as they are and become members of them. Then, in order for one spirit of the original Shichinin Misaki to become a Buddhahood, the number of Shichinin Misaki is always seven, and it will not increase or decrease.
There are variations in this as well, and for some reason the spirits that make up Shichinin Misaki. To replenish the members lost because of the Buddhahood, etc. There is also a pattern of possessing and killing people.
As for its identity, the person who died in a marine accident. A group of samurai killed by villagers, or samurai (seven samurai probably have nothing to do with it) There are various patterns such as women.
And the name is also accompanied by seven people, and sometimes seven people are comrades.
You may also be a child. It is called "Seven Children". Perhaps Shichinin can also be thought of as a subspecies of this Shichinin Misaki.
Now, assuming that Shichinin is a kind or variant of Shichinin Misaki. Why does the seven Misaki act as a group of seven? And why do you kill people? Do you have a unique system that keeps the number of people constant? Why are there seven people in the first place?
The death toll it started on the matter was seven. That's probably a retrofit theory. It was a marine accident; it was killed. Or was killed by a villager. Despite the variety of events that cause it. For some reason, there are seven people. So, there was a group of seven unidentified ghosts first. To tell that, a causal anecdote was added later. It is reasonable to think that.
Therefore. Why do seven people act together? Why do you possess people? It is natural that there is almost no explanation about.
I think this "I don't understand" is the reason for the fear of Shichinin Misaki.
You can also think of this. There used to be "Six people Misaki" and "Eight people Misaki" (it seems to be true). But those folklore. Gradually eliminated as it was spoken. Isn't only the tradition of "Shichinin Misaki" left? Eliminating such other Misakis and converging into Shichinin Misaki.
"People are enshrined and possessed by friends."
"When the capacity is exceeded, the old members will become Buddhahood and keep the capacity."
Isn't it incorporated into folklore as? So why did only the tradition of Shichinin Misaki remain? Isn't it because of the mystery of the number "7"?
The first thing that comes to mind when you hear "7" is "Lucky 7."
This is the number of days that God created the heavens and the earth on the seventh day, and the seventh day as the Sabbath. 7 is a holy number because it was set as a day to praise God. It comes from the fact that one week is seven days. However, this is also a retrofit.
When setting the unit of week 30th and 29th, which are the number of days in the month (the moon repeats its fullness in 29.5 days). The number with the least rest was 7.
After. Pythagoras used the number 7, which is the sum of the perfect number 3 and the world number 4 as the number of the universe. I don't know how to get here.
Even in Japan. The first seven days, the seventy-seventh day, the seven habits without the Seven Lucky Gods.
7 is treated as a special number.
By the way, 7 is treated specially regardless of the east and west of the ocean. It is presumed that this is because of the universal mathematical factor of the number 7.
7 is a prime number. There is a saying that "prime numbers are lonely numbers."
Since ancient times, when people were upset, they counted prime numbers and calmed their minds. A "prime number" is a lonely number that can only be divided by 1 and your own number. It's also a number that gives people courage. Among them, "7" is any number from 1 to 10 has only one common divisor, mathematically disjoint. It is the number of "loneliness in loneliness."
Isn't that what makes the number 7 special?
In addition. I think the number 7 is the minimum number that feels "many" although it is subjective. If you have 5 or 6 people, you can easily grasp the number of people. With seven people, let alone at night, you can only recognise that there are many.
Combine the above. The true identity of Shichinin Misaki is "the mystery of the number 7," + "fear of a group of unknown subjects."
I think it's a realisation and in the case of seven children. Besides that, I think there is "fear of children". A child who once deviated from the rules of adults, even though he was himself, fear and anxiety about things that you don't know what you are thinking. Innocent, cruel, and chaotic, the horror of the child unpleasantly tasted with my wife at the time of the pinch.
Anxiety and fear of this group of "horrible children." I guess it is the true identity of the seven children.
Well, there may be some people who say so long and say, "In the end, it's just a guess."
This is an amateur, very black and not like Longe's heretical ethnologist. I want you to forgive me there.
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I was taking a walk while thinking about such things. I like to stroll around this city. Sometimes alone, sometimes with my wife. Every time I wander around the city, I always discover something new.
What I was thinking while taking a walk. Other than the seven children, my wife. Fortunately, there was no change between the couple even after the seven children and the sword. However, my wife is not feeling well these days. Unexpectedly hard work. Are you tired? I was worried.
My wife said, "I was in the shadow."
Yin Qi is like the Qi emitted by the youkai itself. Also called fairy or miasma. Depending on the youkai, the amount may be large or small. People take in the shadow just by being by their side. For sexual intercourse, it takes in a considerable amount and shade. It is common for people to get sick.
"Are you okay?"
I'm worried, but my wife
"There is no problem because there is a way to distract the shadows."
She didn't tell me what had happened. And then I went to talk to distract her. My wife shook her head.
I said I will stay with her, but she refused. She said she wanted to stay alone and rest. I didn't know what had happened, but I believed in my wife's words, "OK."
I'm taking a walk alone today. Time near evening after finishing the writing work. Regards to the young husband of rakugo, when he is wandering around the city with no particular reason.
Suddenly, I felt the hem of my pants being pulled.
I looked towards the feet, seeing a creature with a small figure about the size of a kitten. It was pulling the hem of my pants with that little hand. Of course, the outline of the youkai-like figure. It's vague and I don't know what it looks like. This city is interesting because this kind of thing is commonplace.
Well, when I notice what I'm looking at. The youkai pulls the hem of my pants again with "Kui, Kui"
Apparently they are saying, "come here."
It doesn't seem to hurt, and above all, I'm interested in it, so I decided to follow it. Then, the little youkai rushed out a little bit, as if to lead. It was a small figure, but it was quite fast. I chase after not losing sight of it and go through some alleys. I arrived in front of a small apartment.
Cheap apartments for students. This kind of thing is the same in this world and in the original world.
An iron-made outer staircase, a can-can apartment where you can hear footsteps when climbing. Apparently here for the purpose. Furthermore, the little youkai headed for a room on the second floor, so I chase in a hurry. In front of the room, the youkai is pointing at the door with a tiny hand and he says to put it here.
I was hesitant to enter the stranger's room. Then, the key of the door makes a sound of coming off. The door opened. Did the person inside feel the sign of the outside and open it? I thought. It feels like the door has opened by itself, with nobody. There is a voice from inside.
I was hesitant to enter the room. Inside the open door, I noticed a woman's shoes placed in a small entrance. I'm about to say "Ah".
It's my wife's shoes, I know it's a gift. That characteristic decoration cannot be mistaken. Is my wife here? Why?
When I noticed, I was invading the room. Most of these cheap apartments are the same. There is a kitchen right after entering and there is a small dining table. The back, separated by fusuma, is probably a study and bedroom. The voice comes from there …apparently two men and women are talking.
They seem to be pretty close. And … the woman's voice is definitely the wife's voice.
Who is the man? Gently approaching the fusuma while calming the beating heart. I opened a little so as not to make a noise.
When I saw the scene beyond that. This time, the heart began to make a loud noise. My wife … was sitting in bed with a stranger …a man looks much younger than his wife. Around the age when he has just changed from a boy to a young man. In a room with little furniture, the bed is replaced by a sofa. It's not strange, but the problem is its position.
I was sitting so that the two bodies were almost in close contact. Also, my wife was leaning on the young man's shoulder, and the young man's hand was on his wife's rich breast. Moreover, my wife's hand is placed to hold it down from above.… this is … obviously the affair scene is that guy, right?
My wife suddenly turned to me. My wife and my eyes met.
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This arc...not my favourite arc. Still, the end of the arc is good so that is something. It is also why I translated all the chapters and posted them on my page (link is in the synopsis.)
If you wish to read it all in one go. Do visit me there.