Kankariya

...A folk shrine maiden active mainly on Okinawa Island and in the southwestern islands. In the same category are the Kankakariya of Miyako Island, the Munuchi and Nigaibi of the Yaeyama Islands, and also called Toki-Yuta. The origin of the word is unclear, but it is said to describe the state of someone who is possessed by a god and constantly blurts out nonsense, as "Yuta mouth" or "Yutayun" means to talk a lot. There is also a theory that it originates from the shaman Yutakan of the Ural-Altai region. Yuta contracts the shaman disease of the god Dari and visits various shaman houses, and while continuing his journey in search of the god, visiting sacred places such as Utaki (mountains) and Gusuku (castles), he is possessed by the god and becomes a true shaman.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…沖縄本島を中心に南西諸島で活躍する民間巫女。同じ部類に宮古島の〈カンカカリヤ〉，八重山群島の〈ムヌチ〉〈ニガイビ〉などがあり，〈トキユタ〉ともいわれる。語源は明らかでないが，よくしゃべることを〈ユタ口〉とか〈ユタユン〉ということから，神ダーリ(神がかり)にはいり，あらぬことをしきりに口走る様相をいい表したともいわれる。ウラル･アルタイ地方のシャーマンのユタカンに由来するとの説もある。ユタは神ダーリの巫病にかかり巫家を歴訪し，ウタキ(御嶽)，グスク(城)などの聖地を巡って捜神の遍歴をつづけるうちに巫神の憑依をうけて成巫となる。…

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