Talk:Temple Dog/@comment-24.20.215.45-20190430050038/@comment-33265724-20190720150809

I think in the case of Mouse it would refer to his spirit parent being of the Court of Heaven based in the tradition of the Zhou dynasty. So yes divine but not Judeo-Christian and not the child of the Divine Emperor but rather that of one of his courtiers. Probably a guardian spirit presenting as a dog.