| Symbolic barriers are still present in ordinary homes; for example, the shimenawa (holy straw cords) displayed around the new year and the ornaments made of dried sardines hung up for Setsubun (the holiday marking the end of winter, according to tradition) are intended to separate out the gods one wishes would visit from those one does not. |
結界は一般家庭にもあり、正月の注連縄や節分の「鰯の干物飾り」なども招来したい神と招かれざる神を選別するためのものでもある。 |