「ゴジラ? ええ… 恐ろしくでけえ怪獣でしてね。海の魚を食い恐くすと—。今度は陸へ上がってきて人間までも食うそうだ。昔は長くシケの続く時にゃ若え娘っ子をイケニエにして。遠い沖へ流したもんだ ええ。今じゃ そん時の神楽がこうやって厄厄いで残ってるだ。ゴジラねえ…」
“It’s the name of a monster that lives in the sea. It will come from the ocean to feed on humankind to survive. In the old days, during times when the fishing was poor, we used to sacrifice girls to prevent him from eating us all, yes! Now, this exorcism ceremony is all that remains of the old traditions.”
— Conversation between Hagiwara and Odo Island Elder/Fisherman