- NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Oyashiro-sama as presented in the original Higurashi series. For the one featured in Higurashi Gou, that version can be found here.
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Oyashiro-sama (known simply as Oyashiro in the English dub) is a major antagonist in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. He is the shrine god in the town of Hinamizawa, and is depicted as a very wrathful deity that would be quick to punish anyone who displeases him in any way. Throughout the series, characters have been shown going insane, and it was believed that Oyashiro-sama was putting a curse on these villagers whenever they thought about leaving the village.
However, in Kai, it's revealed that the characters were going insane because of a disease called the Hinamizawa Syndrome, and that Oyashiro-sama was a real deity, but instead of being a male like he's presented in the mythos, he's actually a purple-haired spirit girl named Hanyuu Furude. She was horrified when she discovered that her name was being connected to a god that was committing very terrible crimes against the villagers.
Hanyuu served as one the main protagonists of the main story arcs, and the main antagonist of Kotohogushi-hen story arc.
Biography[]
Hanyuu's past is unclear due to there being conflicting information in several ancient forbidden documents contained in the Furude Shrine that only the head of the Furude family could read. According to Rika, Hanyuu and her people came to Hinamizawa, then called Onigafuchi, long ago in search of a new home and wanted to live in the swamp, however there was a village of humans living nearby. Hanyuu's people wanted to coexist with the villagers however they were rejected, causing a disaster. Hanyuu took a human form and tried to mediate with the humans but was unable to hide her horns. The old head priest of the Furude Shrine refused to let Hanyuu's people coexist with them for fear that the villagers would become demons if their blood mixed, but he changed his mind after the heir to the shrine fell in love with Hanyuu and produced a child with her.
The humans' and demons' blood mixed, and the villagers became unable to to tell who was a demon and who wasn't, becoming suspicious and paranoid of one another. In order to resolve the disputes between the villagers, Hanyuu offered to take all of their sins upon herself and be sacrificed, pretending to be a demon living in the swamp that was sowing unrest in humans' hearts. Hanyuu was soon captured by the villagers, sacrificed by the head priest, and thrown back into the swamp; the very first Watanagashi Festival.
Hanyuu would become revered as Oyashiro-sama and became a ghost, waiting for a Furude family member to be the firstborn daughter of the eighth generation, "Oyashiro-sama's reincarnation." Rika wound up becoming that eighth generation, and so she was able to see and interact with Hanyuu.
The TIP in Matsuribayashi suggests that it was Hanyuu's own daughter Ouka who sacrificed her.
Oyashiro's Curse[]
According to legend, if a villager ever thought about leaving Hinamizawa, Oyashiro-sama would strike that person down with madness. In order to escape this punishment, it was recommended that one should do each of the following:
- Never talk about Oyashiro-sama.
- Never enter into the village.
- Never leave the village.
- Do not plan to or think about leaving the village.
- Never defy Oyashiro in anyway.
- Never enter into the Saiguden without permission (only the priestess and her family can come in anytime they want).
External links[]
- Oyashiro-sama on the 07th-Expansion Wiki
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