>>49798313
>Sanae, being part human, doesn't die straight away if people don't worship her, but she loses all of her divine qualities
I really don't think anyone worshipped her the moment she was born, Sanae was probably born in the 90s, and Japanese people didn't really take Shinto seriously in the 90s except very old people, it was just tradition, and no-one seriously believed the Ohafuri (or is it Ohouri? I can't remember) were living gods, it's just a belief

It's said somewhere by ZUN, can't remember were, that the Japanese lost all their faith in living gods when the emperor renounced his divinity in 1945 (he wasn't the same type of living god though)

I think since then, Sanae's ancestors haven't been able to work miracles at all, and that's why people just gradually forgot that there was ever such a thing as living gods

As a side note, I think this picture was shortly after they moved to Gensokyo, I don't know if Sanae has always been able to fly or if she only gained that power when she moved there, but she looks very excited, either from being able to fly or not being forced to hide who she really is from the world anymore