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Shisa (Japanese: シーサー, Hepburn: shīsā, Okinawan: シーサー, romanized: shiisaa) is a traditional Ryukyuan cultural artifact and decoration derived from Chinese guardian lions, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology. Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils.
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The lion became popular in Japanese art from the 14th century onwards, under Chinese influence. The Chinese artistic form of the "dog-lion" (kara-shishi in Japanese) was almost always used, but was generally somewhat fatter, and with a shorter torso, than in China, with a short fan-like tail and a flattened face. [59]
Slats, used from 1924 to 1928. Slats, [3] trained by Volney Phifer, was the first lion used in the branding of the newly formed studio. Born at the Dublin Zoo [4] on March 20, 1919, and originally named Cairbre [5] (Irish for 'charioteer' [6]), Slats was used on all black-and-white MGM films between 1924 and 1928.
Narasimha – A Hindu deity with a lion-like face. Ox-Head – An ox-headed guardian or type of guardian of the Underworld in Chinese mythology. Penghou – A Chinese tree spirit with the face of a human and the body of a dog. Pratyangira – A Hindu Goddess having the head of a lion. Sekmet – The lioness-headed Egyptian Goddess.
Guardian lions are referred to in various ways depending on language and context. In Chinese, they are traditionally called simply shi (Chinese: 獅; pinyin: shī) meaning lion—the word shi itself is thought to be derived from the Persian word šer. [2]
The term “black dog” was initially coined in the 1700s to describe “a brief period in a person’s life” but has since expanded to cover the spectrum of depression and its symptoms.
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