After saying that, Sirin suddenly remembered something and looked expectantly at the Miko Kikyo beside her.
"Right! Kikyo, do you know the Kagura Dance?"
Chapter 53: One-Eyed Giant Ogre
"Kagura Dance? Why did you suddenly think to ask that?"
Hearing Sirin's question, Kikyo looked at her in confusion.
"I just wanted to ask!"
Sirin's golden eyes stared at Kikyo. Thinking of Kikyo performing the Kagura Dance, it would probably be beautiful, right?
"The Kagura Dance is also a Divine Dance. It is an ancient Japanese dance performed before the gods to pray and bring them joy. As a Miko, of course I know the Kagura Dance."
Seeing that Sirin did not answer, Kikyo did not ask further and replied honestly.
Strictly speaking, the dance was not called the Kagura Dance at this time, but the Divine Dance. It only became known as the Kagura Dance over two hundred years later.
But this was not the real Japanese Warring States period, so there was no need to fuss over certain details.
After all, the world of Inuyasha was dozens of times larger than the actual map of Japan.
"Huh! Kikyo, you really know it? I've never seen you dance it."
Sirin had lived with Kikyo for nearly three or four years, yet she had never seen Kikyo perform the Kagura Dance.
"I have no need to worship any gods."
"That's true. Although the shrine enshrines that sacred tree, it obviously has no need for such things."
Kikyo was different from ordinary Miko. She did not worship any gods, instead taking it upon herself to vanquish demons and evil. It could even be said that... seventy percent of Japan's gods were no match for Kikyo.
To many villagers, she herself was a god.
"Since you don't have a god you