Grass fortune telling - Grass fortune telling

...In those days, people would first consult the will of the gods in many aspects of their lives, and then act after judging whether they would be lucky or not. For example, there was water divination, where the state of a rope was floated down a river, and grass divination, where the rope was tied together. There was also magic to pray for long life, believing in the mysterious power of knots.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "kusauranai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…当時の人々は生活の多方面にわたってまず神意をうかがい，吉凶を判断してから，行動を開始した。たとえば川に流した縄の状態で占う〈水占い〉，草を結んで占う〈草占い〉などがある。その他結びの神秘的な能力を信じて，自分の長寿を願う呪術もあった。…

※「草占い」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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