Talking about sacred beast.... If we are to follow Rumiko Takahashi's revelation about Sesshoumaru ’s design origin and inspiration as well as how Japanese language derive from Chinese, Sesshoumaru is also a sacred beast known as Tian-Guo or in Japanese, Tengu. Both meaning Divine Dog. Except in Japan that dog is changed into crows or long nosed red faced winged beings.
Tian-Guo is a large dog who ate the sun and desecrated the moon, a black comet that devours the heaven also known as the eclipse. I checked Japanese folklore and myth and there are no mention of Inuyoukai or large dog beasts for youkai other than the dog head that is the result of a Japanese curse where a dog is starved while being buried to their neck underground with a meal just at the end of their snout. Once the dog's neck elongated enough and they are starved and tortured to the point of feral, they were beheaded and the dark spirit remained of the dog's hunger and hatred was enslaved as a dark shikigami.
Can't see Sesshoumaru as an enslaved beast...
DaiTengu or Greater Divine Dogs are considered almost a sort of deity. While KoTengu or Lesser Divine Dogs are true demons that pillage and cause all sorts of grief and mischief. This also explain Inu no Taisho's design with the Mokomoko appearing like wings on his back. Perhaps Japanese painters of the era saw Inu no Taisho and mistook his Mokomoko for wings.
That being said, Inuyasha is a shrine guard dog alright. And maybe Sesshoumaru is Kagome's patron deity and is enshrined there.
fucking epic
Amanda (Chapter 384) - Sun 03 Jun 2018
I love this chapter..
River (Chapter 385) - Sun 03 Jun 2018
Thank-you for gifting us with more chapters! It is always such a treat when you find the time in your busy schedule to update this story. It is much appreciated! Brilliant!!
Leaora (Chapter 385) - Sun 03 Jun 2018
Ahhh! Thanks for thinking of us as you celebrate your little minion! Also, thanks for leaving us with hope instead of a cliffhanger of deapair.
Amanda (Chapter 384) - Fri 25 May 2018
I loved it. This is the BEST fanfic ever!!
Anonymous (Chapter 384) - Mon 21 May 2018
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