Symbolic struggles are performed in front of the deity with such objects. And as described in the oldest mythical texts of Japan, divine figures are created from reeds. Multi-headed snakes moving in front of our eyes are cut into pieces by heroic men. One- headed snakes guard a sacred place and later die in fire. Strangely formed 'dragons' spit fire and eat themselves up, moving wildly through the narrow lanes of villages at night.
Ocean fish are 'swimming' through the night while madly burning.
They will soon disappear in the mountain forest. Gloomy lantern ships are aimlessly moving back and forth through the night on drunken waves. Like miracles, multi-species trees are growing out of the ground to considerable size in just one day. They never get old, remain young and fresh, shining at night in brilliant light, but soon returning back to nothingness. Not at all.