Nikubami Honegishimi - Vol. 2 Ch. 4.2 - Devouring Specters, Distorting Divinity (Middle)

[MangaDex]

 

[nodamnbrakes]

“Land descent failed” is an ominous quote

 

[capricieux]

I can't find what land descrnt is on google... can anyone help?

 

[zawarudo]

An entire village worshipping Pepe in this day and age?

Also I'm completely speaking out of my ass here but "land-descent" might mean summoning a god (in this case, whatever Gerai is) so the summoner can meet the god in person.

 

[SatchelBagman]

I can't find what land descrnt is on google... can anyone help?

An entire village worshipping Pepe in this day and age?

Also I'm completely speaking out of my ass here but "land-descent" might mean summoning a god (in this case, whatever Gerai is) so the summoner can meet the god in person.

The kanji on the note are common and prosaic, at least — 土降 are the kanji for earth/dirt/soil and the kanji used variously for precipitation, descending, disembarking from a vehicle, or the formation of frost. Considering the folk shamans initially came in response to reports from the villagers that something was looking down at them from the sky, the implication does seem to be some sort of ritual binding or burial — the panel where the line from the journal mentions the ritual has an image of a tree with a shimenawa rope around it, which typically indicates a tree as a yorishiro to attract or act as a vessel for a god or spirit.

 

[capricieux]

The kanji on the note are common and prosaic, at least — 土降 are the kanji for earth/dirt/soil and the kanji used variously for precipitation, descending, disembarking from a vehicle, or the formation of frost. Considering the folk shamans initially came in response to reports from the villagers that something was looking down at them from the sky, the implication does seem to be some sort of ritual binding or burial — the panel where the line from the journal mentions the ritual has an image of a tree with a shimenawa rope around it, which typically indicates a tree as a yorishiro to attract or act as a vessel for a god or spirit.

You're correct! Land descent is then explained in a later chapter after this and you're pretty much spot on about it.