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Butterflies

This particular animal is referenced multiple times throughout the text, appearing both physically and metaphorically. In the protagonist's dream, she sees the people of her past -- friends from the shrine and her sun -- all slowly morph into this animal.

The Ring

This object is something that the protagonist steals from her aunt when she is nine years old. For a long time, the protagonist thought that she was put in the shrine to be punished for stealing this item.

The Shrine

At this place, the protagonist and many young girls like her are robbed of their childhood and humanity. Here, they are wives to the gods, and essentially slaves to the men who own them.

Water

This element is difficult for the protagonist to confront after the death of her son. The protagonist develops a fear of this element, and must bathe using a bucket...

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