The child's disappearance was rumored by neighbors to be the reward for her disobeying the God's order, and her grief was so deep that she visited the shrine for an apology and expressed her sense of guilt and sorrow in a Japanese poem.
周囲の人々は神の命令に背いた罰と噂し、深く嘆いた女が神社でお詫びのお参りに行き、自分の罪と悲しみを歌に詠んだ。