丑うしの刻こく参まいり

expression, noun

cursing ritual at the hour of the ox

A traditional Japanese cursing ritual performed at 2am (the hour of the ox), where a straw doll representing the target is nailed to a sacred tree at a shrine, praying for their death. Often associated with onmyōdō and folk beliefs.

• 丑うしの刻こく参まいりは、丑うしの刻こくに神じん社じゃで行おこなう呪のろいの儀ぎ式しきだ。

  Ushi no koku mairi is a cursing ritual performed at a shrine during the hour of the ox.

• 彼かの女じょは丑うしの刻こく参まいりをしている姿すがたを目もく撃げきされた。

  She was seen performing the ushi no koku mairi ritual.