Yeah, basically. Anyone who dies with a strong enough grudge can become a spirit, even if they're really young. She had some kind of disease that made her gigantic so the village shunned her and they never really taught anything.
There was a children's song that went:
Head to the Great Tarou Kintoki on the 15th night. Offer to the Great Tarou Kintoki and dad will feel better.
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So... they start as normal people and then turn into things like that, you mean?
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There was a children's song that went:
Head to the Great Tarou Kintoki on the 15th night. Offer to the Great Tarou Kintoki and dad will feel better.
...get it?