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- Shisa abstract "Shisa (シーサー, Shīsā, Okinawan: siisaa,) is a traditional Ryukyuan decoration, often in pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology. People place pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses. Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils. When in pairs, the left shisa traditionally has a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth. The open mouth wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth keeps good spirits in.From the Edo period they started to be called "guardian dogs" in general in mainland Japan. Gender is variously assigned to the shisa. Some Okinawans believe the male has his mouth closed to keep bad out of the home, while the female has her mouth open to share goodness. Others believe the female has her mouth closed to "keep in the good", while the male has his mouth open to "scare away the bad". (Compare this to the distinction between male and female guardian lions in Chinese culture.)Like the komainu ("lion dogs"), the shisa are a variation of the guardian lions ("fu dogs") from China. The shisaa, or lion dog, is an Okinawan cultural artifact. In magic typology, they might also be classified as gargoyle beasts. They are traditionally used to ward off evil spirits.".
- Shisa thumbnail Shisa2.jpg?width=300.
- Shisa wikiPageExternalLink 1.
- Shisa wikiPageExternalLink lionlinks.html.
- Shisa wikiPageExternalLink shisa.jpg.
- Shisa wikiPageExternalLink ro01.html.
- Shisa wikiPageID "693613".
- Shisa wikiPageRevisionID "602819215".
- Shisa hasPhotoCollection Shisa.
- Shisa subject Category:Chinese_mythology.
- Shisa subject Category:Japanese_folk_art.
- Shisa subject Category:Japanese_folklore.
- Shisa subject Category:Japanese_legendary_creatures.
- Shisa subject Category:Lions_in_art.
- Shisa subject Category:Mythological_dogs.
- Shisa subject Category:Mythological_felines.
- Shisa type Animal100015388.
- Shisa type BigCat102127808.
- Shisa type Canine102083346.
- Shisa type Carnivore102075296.
- Shisa type Chordate101466257.
- Shisa type Dog102084071.
- Shisa type DomesticAnimal101317541.
- Shisa type Feline102120997.
- Shisa type LegendaryMammals.
- Shisa type Lion102129165.
- Shisa type LionsInArt.
- Shisa type LivingThing100004258.
- Shisa type Mammal101861778.
- Shisa type MythologicalDogs.
- Shisa type Object100002684.
- Shisa type Organism100004475.
- Shisa type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Shisa type Placental101886756.
- Shisa type Vertebrate101471682.
- Shisa type Whole100003553.
- Shisa comment "Shisa (シーサー, Shīsā, Okinawan: siisaa,) is a traditional Ryukyuan decoration, often in pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology. People place pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses. Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils. When in pairs, the left shisa traditionally has a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth.".
- Shisa label "Shisa".
- Shisa label "Shisa".
- Shisa label "Shisa".
- Shisa label "Shīsā".
- Shisa label "シーサー".
- Shisa label "風獅爺".
- Shisa sameAs Shisa.
- Shisa sameAs Shīsā.
- Shisa sameAs Shisa.
- Shisa sameAs シーサー.
- Shisa sameAs Shisa.
- Shisa sameAs m.033blt.
- Shisa sameAs Q705750.
- Shisa sameAs Q705750.
- Shisa sameAs Shisa.
- Shisa wasDerivedFrom Shisa?oldid=602819215.
- Shisa depiction Shisa2.jpg.
- Shisa isPrimaryTopicOf Shisa.
