The Demon Dog of Inugami
Horror Stories - The Demon Dog of Inugami
Inugami or means 'a demon-dog' is a kind of demon which can control humans, and is a kind of black magic Kodoku which use animals. Belief in this spirit are still strong in the society until now and still growing around the Japanese. One who could attract and ordered Inugami called 'Inugami-tsukai' which means users of a demon dogs. Inugami-tsukai pulled in this way first, he would take a dog that was still alive and buried the body up to the neck. And then he put some food in front of the dog but far from its reach, so the dog was still able to see the food but could not ate it.
He then makes the dog was starving and when it is almost dead as well as the desire to eat, Inugami-tsukai go to the back of the dog and immediately behead the dog. The dog's head then buried in the middle of the street, it is in order that people can pass on it with the aim of strengthening the curse. In the end, the dog's head was exhumed and made the place of worship. Now the powerful Inugami was born. It is said that during this process when the dog's head was beheaded, the head will float in the air and swallowed whole the food was in front of him.
Inugami can be ordered to take control of a person. Usually this demon was ordered by those who intend evil to the people around him. Meanwhile, those who are easily affected by the power of Inugami are the ones who are emotionally undecided. Those who possessed this will act and said that things that are strange. Complaining of pain in the chest and some body parts, sometimes it can be walked on four legs and bark like a dog. Sounds like some kind of witchcraft or the black magic.
In order to exorcized The Inugami needed someone who had eaten a wild animals burned or a Yamabushi if interpreted as 'people who sleep on the mountain', which is a Japanese hermit who perform Shugendo (a mixture of Buddhist and Shinto beliefs). The Inugami Forms itself is said as a rat were great and some people said that The Inugami covered with splotches and blindness. Usually be visible to the ordinary people.
The Inugami-suji "Descent of The Devil-Dog"
As the black magic, perform the rituals of this kind has the danger of. The dangers that lurk not only suffered by the people who perform the rituals but all its descendants. The family controlled by to The Inugami described as 'to The Inugami-suji', who means 'a descendant of the demon-dog'. It is said that to The Inugami-suji is a descendant of a shaman or a weaver who first created the to The Inugami. If the family worships to The Inugami, then it would bestowed of prosperity on them, but on the other hand if the spirit was not treated properly, it will bring the disaster to the family.
In households with The Inugami-suji, The Inugami the new will be made as the birth of a girl of their descendants. When she got married, her is said to belonging to The Inugami brought with him, and it would create a new household of Inugami-suji. In order to these reasons, usually married an Inugami-suji is the most avoided of people in general. In some areas of Japanese, some people still examining the lineage of the bride before marrying her to make sure she's not a an Inugami-suji.
