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{{nihongo|'''Shimenawa'''|注連縄|enclosing rope}} are strands of rice straw rope used for [[Impurity|ritual purification]] in [[Shinto]], usually decorated with ''shide'' ({{lang|ja|紙垂}}), zigzag-shaped paper streamers. It is believed that something adorned or surrounded with shimenawa is a sacred location or object.
{{nihongo|'''Shimenawa'''|注連縄|enclosing rope}} are strands of rice straw rope used for [[Impurity|ritual purification]] in [[Shinto]], usually decorated with {{nihongo|''shide''|紙垂}}, zigzag-shaped paper streamers. It is believed that something adorned or surrounded with shimenawa is a sacred location or object.


==Shimenawa in Touhou==
==Shimenawa in Touhou==
Shimenawa has long been seen in Touhou, dating back to ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'', where it adorns the [[Shrine Tank]].  
Shimenawa has long been seen in the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', dating back to [[PC-98]]'s second game ''[[Story of Eastern Wonderland]]'', where it adorns the [[Shrine Tank]].  


[[Kanako Yasaka]] wears a big, circular shimenawa on her back and around her neck. Shimenawa also adorn the [[onbashira]] she uses.
[[Kanako Yasaka]] wears a big, circular shimenawa on her back and around her neck. Shimenawa also adorn the [[onbashira]] she uses.


In ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'', it is explained by [[Watatsuki no Toyohime]] that shimenawa was created by the [[Lunarian|Lunarians]] as a way to bind and imprison the impure and even [[god|gods]]. Using this, they sealed [[wikipedia:Ookuninushi|Ookuninushi]] to the [[wikipedia:Izumo-taisha|Izumo Grand Shrine]] to prevent him from taking revenge on them for taking his land. It is then implied that Ookuninushi's son, Takeminakata-no-kami, was bound to the [[Moriya Shrine]] to prevent the same.
In ''[[Silent Sinner in Blue]]'', it is explained by [[Watatsuki no Toyohime]] that shimenawa was created by the [[lunarian]]s as a way to bind and imprison the impure and even [[god]]s. Using this, they sealed [[wikipedia:Ookuninushi|Ookuninushi]] to the [[wikipedia:Izumo-taisha|Izumo Grand Shrine]] to prevent him from taking revenge on them for taking his land. It is then implied that Ookuninushi's son, Takeminakata-no-kami, was bound to the [[Moriya Shrine]] to prevent the same.


==See also==
==See also==
* Wikipedia entry for [[wikipedia:Shimenawa|Shimenawa]]
* Wikipedia's entry for [[wikipedia:Shimenawa|Shimenawa]]
 
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Revision as of 21:43, 25 August 2015

Shimenawa (注連縄 enclosing rope) are strands of rice straw rope used for ritual purification in Shinto, usually decorated with shide (紙垂), zigzag-shaped paper streamers. It is believed that something adorned or surrounded with shimenawa is a sacred location or object.

Shimenawa in Touhou

Shimenawa has long been seen in the Touhou Project, dating back to PC-98's second game Story of Eastern Wonderland, where it adorns the Shrine Tank.

Kanako Yasaka wears a big, circular shimenawa on her back and around her neck. Shimenawa also adorn the onbashira she uses.

In Silent Sinner in Blue, it is explained by Watatsuki no Toyohime that shimenawa was created by the lunarians as a way to bind and imprison the impure and even gods. Using this, they sealed Ookuninushi to the Izumo Grand Shrine to prevent him from taking revenge on them for taking his land. It is then implied that Ookuninushi's son, Takeminakata-no-kami, was bound to the Moriya Shrine to prevent the same.

See also