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Crimson Sacrifice

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Crimson Sacrifice

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Game Fatal Frame II & Fatal Frame III
Kanji/Kana 紅い犠牲 or 紅贄
Alias(es) Twin Shrine Maiden (former) / Altar Boy (former)
Range of Age Vary/Not Specified
Occupation Sacrifice
Purpose To calm the Hellish Abyss by allowing their elder twin to kill them so they may become one and exist as a Crimson Butterfly.
RitualsCrimson Sacrifice Ritual
Location Minakami Village
Total Member1 pair of twins per ritual
(Multiple twins can be living in the village at the same time. There have been MANY Twin Shrine Maidens)


A term given to the 'younger' twin sacrificed in the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual of Minakami Village. By Minakami Village definition, the 'younger' twin is the twin that is born first.

In Minakami Village, the twin who was to be sacrificed was often physically weaker than their sibling.[1][2] This also holds true for Mayu Amakura. On the Twin Deities Statues around the village, the Crimson Sacrifice is always depicted without a head. In a photograph taken with the Camera Obscura of the Kurosawa twins, Sae's face was warped, suggesting that such depictions are more than mere artistic symbolism.

Although the 'elder' twin was sometimes doubtful, reluctant or outright resistant to the idea of the ritual, in all known examples the Crimson Sacrifice was willing, even eager, to go through with it in hopes of becoming one with their twin.

After the ritual, the body of the Crimson Sacrifice would be cast into the Hellish Abyss, and if the ritual was successful, his or her spirit would pass through the ground and purify it, returning as a Crimson Butterfly to watch over the village.



Known Crimson Sacrifices




See Also:
Crimson Sacrifice Ritual, Twin Shrine Maidens & Remaining

Footnotes

  1. Kurosawa, S., (Unknown year). "Butterfly Diary 5", Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly.
  2. Tachibana, I., (Unknown year). "Bound Diary 2", Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly.

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