서낭당은 경계 표시이거나 위급할 때 무기로 쓰기 위해 만든 것이라는 설도 있지만, 종교적인 의미가 강한 것이다.
Some say that a village guardian deity shrine was made to be used as a warning sign or as a weapon in an emergency, but in fact it has a strong religious meaning.