古い記録には、門と祭器に血を塗る衈のことが記されている。
Old records describe a ritual of smearing blood on gates and ritual vessels.
衈
Meaning
Kanji 衈
the blood of a sacrificial fowl which was sprinkled on the doors and vessels
the blood of a sacrificial fowl which was sprinkled on the doors and vessels
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Example sentences
5 reference sentences
神官は祭りの前に衈の儀式を執り行った。
The priest conducted the blood-anointing ceremony before the festival began.
その村では、衈によって祭具を清めると信じられていた。
In that village, people believed that ritual implements were purified through the sacrificial blood rite.
文献を読むと、衈は鶏の血を用いた祭礼だとわかる。
From the text, it becomes clear that it was a ceremony using the blood of a chicken.
今では衈を実際に行う地域はほとんど残っていない。
Today, almost no regions still perform that ritual in practice.