神の乱の前、獅子は守護者の象徴で、自らの祭殿を護っていた。しかし神が現し世に争いを仕掛けたとき、獅子は台座を飛び降り、慈悲を請う者どもに襲い掛かった。
Before the Kami War, the shishi were symbolic guardians, protecting the shrines where they stood. But after the kami turned on the material world, shishi began pouncing from their perches to attack would-be supplicants.
