Translation: Cow Time Shrine Visit
Alias: ushi no toki mairi
Appearance: Ushi no koku mairi is one of the most famous and frightening black magic spells. It occurs between 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning, which is cow time. This is the darkest period of the night, when the line between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its weakest. It is at this time that evil spirits are at their most powerful.
INTERACTIVE: Performing this curse ritual requires a number of complex steps, and they vary from account to account. Generally, you must first construct a war figure that contains a small portion of the target's target's body-a piece of hair, blood, fingernails, or skin, for example. Alternatively, you can use an image of the target, or a piece of paper with the target's name on it. Then, you put on a dress - a white kimono and obi - and apply a thick white puff of powder. A flip-up tripod is placed on your body ad you attach light strips to its legs and light them. On your feet you wear tall, single-toothed clogs. A mirror hangs from your chest, a dagger is hidden behind your belt, and a comb is held between your teeth.
After making your preparations, you must sneak into the shrine and approach the shrine's sacred tree at cow time. You then drive a long iron nail through the Walla figure into the tree - symbolically breaking down the barrier between the world of the living and the spirit world. You summon evil spirits, demons and devils into the world. This ritual must be repeated every night for many nights, and it is very important not to see the person performing the curse. If there are witnesses, they must be executed immediately. Otherwise the evil of this curse will rebound on the caster.
Once the ritual is completed, something terrible happens (it's unclear what). According to some accounts, the curse victim dies an agonizing death upon completion of the ritual. Tull. In other accounts, the entire process is a form of torture for the victim, causing days of pain while the curse is performed. In some stories, the curse summons a demon that haunts the victim, while in others, the person performing the ritual is transformed into a powerful ghost or demon.
Legend: Some shrines are famous for this black magic. The most famous of these are Kifune Shrine and Jishu Shrine in Kyoto, and Ikurei Shrine in Okayama Prefecture (formerly known as China). In the past, these places were popular spots for jealous lovers to cast spells. Even today, shrine officials still occasionally find proto-human figures hammered into trees at these shrines.
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