Kodoku - Insect Magic

In East Asia there is a type of black magic conducted by women that is known in Japan as 'kodoku' and in China as 'gu.' It involves sealing several venomous insects, for example scorpions or centipedes, in a jar and allowing them to kill each other until only one survives. The fluids of the surviving insect are then used to poison a victim and cause either serious illness, death, or curse them so that they can be controlled for the purposes of evil. 
 
Ukiyo-e print, artist unknown, 1800s

The remaining insect could also become a good luck charm for the person conducting the magic. In some accounts of the practice, toads and snakes were also used to create the poison, and in these cases the motivation was usually seduction or sexual indulgence.
 
'Group of Insects' - Watanabe Shotei, 1910

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

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  1. I will try it

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  2. I wish I could find more information about this? Has anyone tried it. I see similar youtube videos, but those are more about survival of the fittest, who will win vs battles.

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  3. I will not try it

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  4. She succeeded

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  5. i have a grudge on my sister10 July 2023 at 11:53

    i will try it

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  6. I do not have a grudge on my sister1 September 2023 at 13:46

    I will not try it

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  7. i have a good on my woman6 September 2023 at 15:50

    uhhh yeah sounds good

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