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| Spiritual or psychic retribution, the curse of a spirit or kami. This is usually because of insult to a kami or neglect of rites, whether of purification or for ancestors. Setting foot on a holy mountain in an unpurified state might incur tatari from the presiding kami. Sickness or possession by a kami or spirit-fox may occur as a result of tatari. Some ritual or magical (majinai) action is necessary to dispel the tatari A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking) | |||