If you thought 2022 wasn’t catastrophic enough, you might be interested in the resurgence of an ancient legend from Japanese culture. The “killing stone” called Sessho-seki, which is said to have sealed the soul of a vengeful demon from the outside world, split in two.
A large volcanic rock said to instantly kill anyone who touches it, the Sessho-seki stone has a deep history in Japanese mythology and is said to be the transformed corpse of the mythological Tümo-no-Mae. Legend has it that Tamo-no-Mae was a beautiful woman whose spirit was possessed by a nine-tailed fox or kitsune. Known to answer every question asked of her, Tamo-no-Mae was also part of a seduction and murder scheme that resulted in Emperor Toba’s illness. The fox spirit was unleashed by the two mythological warriors, hunted, and as a last resort the spirit buried itself in the Sessho-seki stone. This stone released a poisonous gas that killed anyone who touched it.
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The spirit is said to have settled on the rock, which was registered as a local historic site in 1957, until a Buddhist monk finally held rituals to put the soul at rest. haunted.
Now it has been reported that the killer stone split in two, probably as a result of natural erosion. According to the Guardian, cracks were observed in the igneous rock several years ago, which likely allowed water to seep in and helped erode it from the inside.
This helped keep the legend alive when tourists who flocked to the demonic rock said they “feel like they saw something they shouldn’t.”
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