 Anyone who comes across the procession would perish or be spirited away by the "yōkai", unless protected by exorcism scrolls handwritten by "Onmyōji" spell-casters.It is said that only an onmyōji clan head is strong enough to pass Nurarihyon's Hyakki Yagyō unharmed.According to another account in the Shūgaishō (拾芥抄), a medieval Japanese encyclopedia, the only way to be kept safe from the night parade if it were to come by your house is to stay inside on the specific nights associated with the Chinese zodiac or to chant the magic spell