Minonawa

Minonawa (みのなわ, Minonawa) is a curse used for tracking purposes.

Description
Upon activation, Minonawa takes the appearance of a winding, red mark along the caster and the target's right forearms. These marks represent two snakes– a female snake on the target, and an eyeless male snake on the caster– which are trying to devour one another. When the two snakes are in close proximity, they stir, which Kazuma likens to an alarm.

In its activated state, the mark unwinds from the caster's forearm and takes on the appearance of a serpent. The serpent then tugs the caster in the direction of the other snake. However, the target's snake reacts in the same way, meaning that Minonawa serves as an alarm not only for the caster, but also for the target.

The exact range of this technique has not been specified.

Casting Sequence
Little is known of this curse's casting sequence; however, according to Kazuma, it requires a third party's blood to properly enact. Based on its usage in the series, the curse may also require that the target comes into physical contact or within a certain proximity of the "snakes," although this remains to be directly specified.

Usages

 * Kazuma places this curse on the Stray with the intent of tracking her and Father's whereabouts. The alarm is eventually set off while he and Yato are in search of Father.

Trivia

 * , Nawa is the common term for "rope". The なわ, nawa used in Minonawa may be derived from the term ち, kuchinawa, which literally means "rotten rope". Though now an archaic term, it was once used to refer to snakes due to their visual resemblance.
 * Minonawa is placed on the Stray while she stabs a body substitute for Bishamon. It has not been specified whether the body substitution is a separate curse, or a necessary step of Minonawa.