Shaking or jingling talismans or other objects is supposed to have a magical virtue. Izanagi shakes the jewels which he takes from his neck to bestow on the Sun-Goddess. The Sun-Goddess and Susa no wo shook the jewels from which their children were produced. Shaking a number of talismans was part of the ceremony of _Mitama furishiki_, above described.[304] Part of the outfit of a district wise-woman or sorceress in recent times was a small bow, called _adzusa-yumi_, by twanging which she could call from the vasty deep the spirits of the dead, or even summon deities to her behests. Another small bow, called _ha-ma-yumi_ (break-demon-bow) is given to boys at the New Year. I conjecture that both of these had something to do with the bows used in the ceremony of _tsuina_ described above. Another magical appliance for the restraint of demoniac or evil influences is the _shime-naha_, or close-rope. It is made of rice-straw plucked up by the roots, the ends being allowed to dangle down at regular intervals. A rope of this kind was used to prevent the Sun-Goddess from returning into the Rock-cave of Heaven. At the present day it is hung in front of shrines, and at the New Year before ordinary dwellings. Sacred trees are girt with it, or it may be suspended across a road to prevent the passage of evil spirits. Some people wear _shime-naha_ on their person. The twin rocks at Ise, between which there is a view of Fuji and the rising sun, are connected by an immense _shime-naha_, with which a legend is associated to the effect that Susa no wo, in return for hospitality, taught his host how to keep out the God of Pestilence by stretching such a rope across the door. The _shime-naha_ is sometimes called _Hi no mi tsuna_ (sun-august-rope). The _shime-naha_ is the counterpart of the consecrated rope which in Siam is fastened on the last day of the year round the city walls to prevent the banished demons from returning. Garlic has the same power over evil spirits in Japan that it has in Europe.