In Japan, gods were divided into beast spirits and soul spirits.
Beast spirits referred to non-human spirits. It could be understood as a monster, which was why there were so many monsters in Japanese folklore.
For soul spirits, as the name implied, were the ghosts and gods of the soul and the netherworld. They were the products of the dead.
The common gods included dog gods, dog ghosts, floating spirits, earth spirits, and fox spirits.
Among them, the Dog God referred to the soul that the dog left in the world after its death. It was also called the Canine God, and it was a type of monster. The caster could summon it to bring disaster to others, or to protect themselves or their family.
Hence, Chiba Yoshiko reminded Ye Chen immediately after noticing that Hidemoto Jiro had summoned the Dog God.
