IJapan lizwe lobugcisa obuphezulu kunye ... nabathakathi abaye bagcina abantu besaba iminyaka emininzi.
Ehlabathini loMhlaba ophumayo, isimo sengqondo sabasetyhini abanamandla angaphandle ahluke ngokupheleleyo kunaseYurophu okanye eRashiya. AmaJapane akaboni ukuba kuyimfuneko ukuhlela iingcinezelo ngokuchasene nalabo abakwazi ukulawula izinto, ukutshiza kunye nokuphanga.
Kutheni abathakathi baseJapane bazijonga njengabo banyulwa ngamagunya aphezulu?
Eli gama lalinganakwa yi-Inquisition kuphela ngenxa yokuba abathakathi bendawo babehlala benesimo esilungelo. Ukubonakaliswa kwabahlali bendawo bakha izimo ezintle ezizilungeleyo kubo: apha zibhekwa njengendlela yokubonakalisa oothixo emhlabeni. Bathi, njengama-shamans, basoloko bebonelela ngeenkonzo kubemi-ukuphanga okanye ukubuyisela indoda kwintsapho yabathakathi abayi kuba nzima. Njengomthetho, ininzi yabo ihlala ezintabeni - oku kuba kukho umgca ococekileyo phakathi kwehlabathi kunye nabantu. Ukususela ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-9 kwaye nanamhlanje, baye bathabatha amagosa avela kumagosa karhulumente ukuba bancede ekwenzeni izibikezelo okanye ekukhange inhlanhla.
Bonke abathakathi baseJapane bahlulwe baba abamhlophe nabamnyama, kodwa kwanokugqibela akuxinzezeli. Abagqwiru abamhlophe baxosha imimoya emibi kubantu kwaye balwa nemikhosi yobubi, banokujika kwiinyoka okanye iimpungushe. Abazingeli abamnyama bayazibandakanya nabo empini, banceda ububi ukuba bangene kwihlabathi elifa ukusuka kwihlabathi labafileyo kwaye banokuphinda bazalwe ngokulula njengesikhova. Bobabini kunye nabo beli lizwe babizwa ngokuthi "oothixokazi bomhlaba" ngenxa yokukwazi ukugqiba iinjongo zehlabathi. Ezinye zazo ziyaziwa kuwo wonke umntwana waseJapan: amabali malunga nabathakathi abanamandla bayatshelwa esikolweni.
I-Fox eneemisila ezilisithoba
Ukuxabisa ukunikezela kwabantu baseJapan kunokuba nabani na oye wada weva ngeTamamo-no-mae ekhohlakeleyo kunye neyengqondo-eyayiyindoda eyayihlala ubomi obude kwaye yazisa iingxaki ezininzi kubantu. Ngamawaka eminyaka wayesemhlabeni, efumene isipho sokuba yi-fox evela kumlumbi omhlophe owabulala. UTamamo-no-mae wahlala kwezinye izidumbu zabantu waza wawasebenzisa ngamandla amakhulu, wadala iimpawu ezingenakuhlukeka kwizinto eziyinyani kwaye zilawulwa ixesha. Umqondiso wobukhulu bakhe, wajonga isikhumba segolide kunye nemisila eyisi-9, egxininisa amandla akhe.
Kwiminyaka engama-3500, uTamamo no-mae babedla ngokutshabalalisa ubukumkani baseJapan, kodwa bakwazi ukuwuzisa kwimfazwe yombutho kwaye bafezekise ukufa kwamakhosi amabini. Abalawuli baseChina ne-Indiya, wayenqabileyo isizathu, ebenakho ukubanceda ukuba bangabonakali. Kwiminyaka eyi-VIII ngaphantsi kwegama elithi Mizukume wamthabatha umlawuli waseJapan waza waba ngumkakhe. Ngokukhawuleza emva komtshato, wamenza umonakalo, kodwa wasinda xa esityholwa yilo. Umlawuli wayefuna umkhosi wama-80,000 amadoda kunye neentolo zokufumana nokubulala umthengisi. Kodwa isigqibo sakhe sagqitywa: kungekudala wafa, njengeendlalifa zakhe. Kuthiwa umoya kaTamamo ongekho mama uhleli kwelitye elikhulu, apho kungekho mntu ufuna ukuwuchaphazela.
I-Yamauba Cannibal
Kwintlango enkulu yaseJapan kwakuhlala umfazi omdala wama-Yamauba, ogama lakhe lithetha "umlingo weentaba". Abantu basekuhlaleni bamthiya ngo-Onibaba: ngethuba lokufihla kwakhe endlwini yakhe, kwaye ebusuku - waba ngumfana osemncinci okhangayo kwaye ulindela abahambahambayo. Wabanika ukutya kunye nokulala ebusuku, kwaye emva kokuba iindwendwe zilele, wahlasela waza wadla ubomi. Ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, amaxhoba akhe ayenokubona ubuso obunene bendoda endala ebomvu kwi-kimono ethathaka kunye namazinyo amaninzi. Kanti ungazibalekela kuyo: Ama-yamauba agcina intyatyambo encinane kwindlu apho umphefumlo wakhe uvalelwa khona. Lowo wamfumanayo unokufumana amandla phezu komfazi omdala aze alondoloze ubomi bakhe.
Ngokungafani namadoda, amantombazana amaninzi afuna intlanganiso kunye no-Onibaba ngamabomu. Wabanika ulwazi malunga nobuchule bemilingo kunye nezonyango, kodwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo wayefuna ukushiya inxalenye yomphefumlo. Emva kokuba ugqirha oyingendawo ugqibile kwaye wenza into enhle: wathola inkwenkwe ehlathini, wakhupha iqhawe leengoma zaseJapane uKintaro.
Virgin
Emahlathini abemi baseJapan kuze kube namhlanje, ulinde u-Yuki-onna okanye "Snow Snow". Le ntombazana ekwazi ukuhlala ngoncinci kwaye inhle. U-Yuki-onna uneenwele ezinde zomnyama kunye nekhanda elimhlophe elikhanda. Akayikubulala amaxhoba akhe ngokukhawuleza: injongo yomlingo kukubenza bathandane baze bahlale naye. Xa abantu belibale yonke into ehlabathini kwaye bavuma ukuhlala kunye neNtombikazi endlwini yakhe, efihliwe entlango, ngokukhawuleza uyasondeza imikhosi yobomi ekufeni.
Emva kokuba uYuki-onna ngokwakhe ethandana nesamamura amnandi waza walondoloza ubomi bakhe. Kodwa umyeni wakhe wayemthanda kakhulu ukuhlamba okutshisa kwaye wayehlala ekholisa umlumbi ukuba atyebe naye. Xa wayemphoqelele ukuba ayinyanzele, u-Yuki-onna phantse waba yinto ecacileyo. Ngoko wayeka ukukholelwa eluthandweni kwaye wayenomsindo kwizesondo ezinamandla nangakumbi.