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Historically, a miko served as an oracle, offering prophecy in the form of a dance. In real life, most modern Miko will help out with shrine functions such as cleaning, perform ceremonial dances based on the historical versions, offer fortunes (omikuji, those little slips of paper that tell you what your luck will be like), and sell souvenirs, sometimes as a part-time job.
(Not to be confused with ''that'' [[Order of the Stick|Miko.]] Or [[Transformers Prime|that one.]] [[Overly Long Gag|And confusing it]] [[
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* In ''[[Rental Magica]]'' miko has a very limited set of abilities, but in this setting the main advantage of Shinto are purification rituals. Thus little Mikan almost exclusively provides cover, but she's ''very'' strong in this role and may be the most indispensable member of the team when they face something really nasty.
* Riza, of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', is a Miko, though you wouldn't be able to tell except in the chapters where they visit her home.
* Sabrina, from Pokemon's [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga. This is [[Out of Character|quite different]] from her game portrayal as a [[Jerkass]] Psychic-type trainer, and her even nastier [[Nightmare Fuel
* The two [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] of ''[[Umi Monogatari]]'' are referred to as "Miko of the Sky" and "Miko of the Sea", though only the former's transformed outfit looks like a Miko's (With a miniskirt, [[Show Some Leg|which is okay]]); the latter's is simply [[Stripperific|a white top and white shortpants]].
* Mikuru Asahina from the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' light novels is forced to dress up as one of these at one point to exorcise some ghosts.
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* Utsuki and Kureha from ''[[Kuon]]''. They are the daughters of the shrine and know how to use [[Onmyodo]], but they are not referred as Miko.
* Itsuki in [[Suika]], though eventually she realizes that there's no way she could be since she doesn't do the rituals and doesn't remember becoming one.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Cloche and Luca]] from ''[[Ar Tonelico 2]]''. They are not called "miko" or "shrine maiden" in the [[Translation Train Wreck|US release]], but you will hear them referred as such in the Japanese version.
* [[Golden Sun Dark Dawn]] has Princess Himi, whose default classes all have "Miko" in their names. Oh, and she has the classic red and white outfit as well.
* ''[[Okamiden (Video Game)|Okamiden]]'' gives us Miko Cho, whose name should indicate that she is a Miko. Kagu also becomes one, in order to fight off King Fury.
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