蠱まじ

noun

charmed and cursed; bewitched

Archaic noun referring to a state of being both charmed and cursed, often associated with ancient magical practices. Cross-referenced with 蠱物 (まじもの).

See also: 蠱物

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、蠱まじは呪じゅ術じゅつ的てきな状じょう態たいを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 蠱 can refer to a state of magical bewitchment.

noun

something bewildering; something leading astray; demonic work

Archaic noun for something that confuses or misleads, often with a supernatural or demonic connotation. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 「蠱まじ」は、人ひとを惑まどわすものや魔ま物ものの仕し業わざを表あらわす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  蠱 is an old word for something that bewilders people or the work of demons.