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八坂 神奈子(やさか かなこ) | |
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Goddess of wind and rain | |
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The ability to create sky | |
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Moriya Shrine's Goddess | |
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Wind God's Lake at Moriya Shrine | |
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Mountain of Faith - キャラ設定.txt
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○6面ボス 山坂と湖の権化 八坂 神奈子(やさか かなこ) Yasaka Kanako
能力:乾を創造する程度の能力
際は風雨の神様であった。 雨や風を司るという事は、つまり農業の神として祀られていた。
意を知っているのは神奈子と諏訪子の二人だけである。
神奈子のトレードマークである『しめ縄』は、蛇が絡まっている姿を 表現している。脱皮を繰り返す蛇は、復活と再生、永遠を意味してい た。
農業も風雨に対抗する術を手に入れつつあった。 山は火山や地殻変動で出来る事を知った。山を越える危険も失われた。
それと共に、彼女ら神々に対する信仰心は失われつつあった。
そして大きな賭に出る事にした。 それは 『神社を人間の世界から幻想の物とし、幻想郷で信仰を集める事』 だった。
がある。滅び行く過去の栄光より、可能性ある未来を選んだのだ。
予想以上スムースに幻想郷で神社は受け入れられ、早くも妖怪の山の 神様として祀られ始めている。
を見ていると、その理由が何となく判る気がする。
そこの神社は、信仰心こそ殆ど失われていたが、妖怪達に人気があり いつも誰か入り浸っている妖怪がいると言われていた。
宴会も毎晩のように開かれた。
は人間と神が一緒に遊ぶ事だ。日常を忘れて一緒になって遊ぶ事で、 神と人間や、人間同士の共同体としての連帯感を持たせる。人間が妖 怪に置き換わっても一緒である。
しかし、神奈子が持つ幻想郷の知識は乏しい。
山の妖怪達の信仰を集め、その代わりに大いなる神徳を与えた。 その事が、山の妖怪、つまり天狗や河童達の力が強くなり過ぎる事に 気付いていなかったのだ。 その事で、平穏な幻想郷のパワーバランスを崩す恐れがあった。
仰も得る必要があるだろう。
幻想郷で外の世界と同等の信仰を取り戻すには、まだまだ課題は残さ れたままである。 | |
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Stage 6 Boss The Avatar of Mountains and Lakes Species: God The goddess who, together with her shrine, recently moved to the Youkai Mountain. Because of her name 'Yasaka' (countless hills), she's been said to be a mountain deity, but she's actually a deity of wind and rain. She controls the rain and the winds. In other words, she's been worshipped as a goddess of agriculture. The sequence of events that led to her being worshipped as a mountain deity are extremely complicated and the only ones who know the truth are Kanako and Suwako. Kanako's trademark 'shimenawa' (lit. enclosing rope) represents the figure of an entwined snake. The snake, which continually sheds its scales, symbolizes resurrection, rebirth and eternity. However, humans came to know mortality and started disbelieving in eternity. Even in agriculture, they continued to acquire skills that defied the rain and winds. They learned that mountains were created from volcanos and changes in the earth's crust. They lost their fear of crossing the mountains. Yes, humans had begun to believe in science and information. In tandem with that, the faith they had in gods like Kanako continued to wane. Kanako searched for a way to regain faith. And she came up with a big gamble. And that was, “to make the shrine an illusion in the world of humans and collect faith in Gensokyo” Although it would mean that she would lose all the faith she still had left currently and thus lose her power temporarily, this way held more potential. Rather than the glory of the past which leads to destruction, she chose a future with potential. --and so, her plans seemed to be successful. Beyond her expectations, the shrine was smoothly accepted into Gensokyo and she quickly began to be worshipped as the deity of the Youkai Mountain. Although she had her doubts now and again at the excessive smoothness, after she saw the arrangement of Gensokyo, somewhat understood the reason. In Gensokyo there was a shrine called the Hakurei Shrine. Although that shrine had almost completely lost all its faith, it was popular with youkai and it was said there was always some youkai frequenting it. For the youkai, the shrine seemed to have become a suitable playground. Along with becoming an object of worship, Kanako was also accepted as a playmate of the youkai. Almost every night a party was held. Actually, to play together was what gods wished for. Festivals were venues for humans and gods to play together. By forgetting about everyday life, coming together to play, gods and humans gained the feeling of solidarity within a community. Even if the humans were exchanged for youkai, it was the same. This was exactly the kind of 'faith' Kanako was wishing for. However, the knowledge Kanako held of Gensokyo was limited. She didn't know that among the youkai of Gensokyo, there existed a number of powers. Nevertheless, she collected the faith of the mountain youkai, and attained great divine virtue. She did not realize that this meant that the power of the mountain youkai, in other words the tengu and the kappa, were becoming too great. With that, there was the fear that the power balance of tranquil Gensokyo would collapse. Kanako thought that to keep Gensokyo's balance, she must now acquire the faith of the youkai and humans at the foot of the hill. To achieve that, she must utilize the Hakurei Shrine else things won't proceed smoothly. To regain an equal amount of faith that she had in the outside world, many tasks still remained. | |