And it was thought that gods also lived even in the enemies who had invaded Japan and in the bodies of the animals killed and eaten by humans for food, which is why the mounds raised for the fallen Mongols, swords, fish, and whales have all been made into shrines.
そして、侵略してきた敵や、人の食料として命をおとしたものにも命や神が宿ると考え、蒙古塚・刀塚や魚塚・鯨塚などがあり祀られている。