The Hanged Man's Curse

Hello, this is Kamiyo. In life, we sometimes encounter unexpected misfortune. Whether it's getting caught in the rain on your way home or getting into a fight with a friend over something trivial, I think these kinds of "unexpected troubles" are a part of everyday life.

However, there is a good side to everything. After being caught in a sudden rainbow, you might see a beautiful rainbow, or the girl you like might share your umbrella with you. Even with your relationships with friends, after the rain, you might be able to strengthen your bond and become even closer than before.

The monsters we will introduce this time are:"Reverse Pillar"is a monster that has been given this dual nature throughout history.

The idea of an upside-down pillar was originally a superstition passed down in the construction community, which said that if a piece of wood used as a pillar for a building was placed in the opposite direction to the way the tree originally grew, the house would start to experience strange phenomena such as creaking.

That alone may seem like a kind of curse, but according to a legend handed down in Kanagawa Prefecture, the wood used for the reverse pillars is said to be inflicting suffering due to its unnatural condition.I turned into a monster, she is said to be sobbing every night.

If you think about it, the trees used for the upside-down pillars are not at fault in any way, and if they had simply been cut down without permission, it would be one thing, but the fact that they are being used by the people who cut them down and are constantly being forced to stand upside down is enough to make you want to shed a tear.

However, at Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture, there is only one pillar facing the opposite direction.On purposeThe reason is that in the local customs,The moment a structure is completed, it begins to slowly decay.This is because there is a way of thinking that goes like this.

Therefore, instead of completing the building in the usual way, they erected one pillar upside down, leaving it unfinished so that the destruction would not begin. It seems like a clever idea, but it was a good omen to ensure that the building would remain safe for a long time.

Depending on the customs and traditions of the place where you live, superhuman forces can be interpreted as good luck charms or mysterious phenomena. Don't you think that's interesting?

Good and bad monsters are just things that humans have come up with for their own convenience. They just exist, and it seems like it's often the humans who act according to their ideas of good and evil.