

Most of episode 34 of _Ushio to Tora_ (2015-16 version) is devoted to
revealing Tora's past. We learn that his attendant, named Rama, had an older
sister. Twice, Rama's sister mentions (perhaps half in jest) how she should
like to take refuge inside Shagaksha's mouth should battle ensue.

[!["My... Then I guess when a battle breaks out, I'll just hide inside
Shagaksha-sama's
mouth."](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zbcArl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zbcArl.jpg)

There's clearly some sort of mythological allusion going on here, and it's
almost certainly something either Indian (since they quite apparently are from
there) or Japanese in nature, but I can't pin it down. What's going on here?

(Initially, my thought was that this was going to turn out to be some sort of
weird irony and Shagaksha would end up eating her, but that didn't happen,
which is why I suspect there's an allusion I'm missing.)


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Why did Rama's sister talk about hiding in Shagaksha's mouth?