Ōkiku "the spirit of the ferris wheel" (the true story of the ring)


This tragic legend dates back to the th century, at castle in Japan, where a samurai named tessan aoyama fell in love with a creepy way of his maid: "ōkiku", the owner of the castle was willing to leave his wife and To marry ōkiku, but she told him that she was unwilling to be his mistress or his future wife.

's rejection led the samurai to lose his sanity, so aoyama decided to set a trap for ōkiku; since one of the tasks of the noble maid was to take care of ten gold dishes from the aoyama family, he decided to hide one Of them, to then threaten to accuse her with a thief if she didn't belong to her love. The two options of ōkiku were either aoyama's girlfriend or being executed, either of them was doomed to not be happy, so okiki chose to end his life, throwing himself on the ferris wheel.

After's death, she returned to seek revenge, so during the afternoon the samurai suffered from the paranormal manifestations of the woman she loved, she came out of the ferris wheel and crawled to aoyama, her eyes were filled with rage and constantly It could be heard that ōkiku counted the gold plates over and over, making tremendous fuss over the wall.

The Spirit of ōkiku is described as a sad, long-haired woman, who wears a white funeral dress, that's how the spirits of Japanese women are usually the spirits of Japanese women who can't rest in peace, because they suffered a lot When they were alive, they did not receive a proper funeral ceremony or to commit suicide, they appear during the early hours of the morning until dawn and seek to torment those who hurt them in life but without harming them physically.

The Ferris wheel, known as the noria ferris wheel, can still be found outside the castle and is covered by iron bars to keep ōkiku locked up.

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