The term Spirited Away (神隠し Kamikakushi) is used to describe a specific group of missing people. These people have completely disappeared without cause or reason, but the most important aspect of their disappearance is that there is suspicion that the paranormal is involved.
Description[]
Outcome of Victims[]
When a person is said to have been spirited away, it means that they have been taken by spirits to another place. The bodies of the victims are usually never found. Spirited Aways don't necessarily disappear in similar circumstances or similar locations. People can be spirited away and survive their "capture".
Term[]
This specific term was not used until Fatal Frame III: The Tormented, but all the of the previous games have used the theme of one being taken by ghosts and spirits. Different names may be applied to the same phenomenon in specific areas or circumstances: for example, the Lost Patients, or residents of Rougetsu Island who were thought to have been "taken to the moon".
Known Ways to be Spirited Away[]
- Those who have found All God's Village
- Lost Patients
- Victims of the Tattooed Cruse
- Children captured by Long Arms
- Kidnapped Girls
- People who discovered the Purple Diary
- Those called by the Dark Sun
Known Characters that have Spirited Away[]
Fatal Frame[]
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly[]
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented[]
- Kei Amakura (Ending 1 only)
Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse[]
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir[]
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water[]
Trivia[]
- The concept of being 'spirited away' recurs often in Japanese folklore. The term is called 'kamikakushi' (神隠し) and the concept was the person was taken away by a spirit or displeased god. (Tengu stories are often linked to spirited away tales). Another term often used is 'Onikakushi' (鬼隠し) refers to a person 'spirited away' by a demon. Kamikakushi is used within the Fatal Frame Series.