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Kitsune have become closely associated with Inari, a Shinto kami or spirit, and serve as its messengers. This role has reinforced the fox's supernatural significance. The more tails a kitsune has, up to nine, the older, wiser, and more powerful it is. Because of their potential power and influence, some people make sacrifices to them as to a deity.
kitsune (狐, きつね, IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞] ⓘ) are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser. According to folklore, the kitsune-foxes (or perhaps the "fox spirits") can bewitch people, just like the tanuki. They have the ability to shapeshift into human or other forms, and to trick or fool human ...
A ball guarded by a kitsune (fox spirit) which can give the one who obtains it power to force the kitsune to help them. It is said to hold some reserves of the kitsune 's power. Hōsōshi A four-eyed, sword-wielding ritual exorcist who leads funeral processions and expels evil spirits. Hosuseri
"Kudagitsune" from the Kasshi yawa []. From the caption, its length without the tail is calculable to "1 shaku and 2 or 3 sun (approx. 1.2–1.3 feet). [b] [c]The kuda-gitsune or kuda-kitsune (管狐, クダ狐), also pronounced kanko, is a type of spirit possession in legends around various parts of Japan.
Yako or nogitsune [2] [3] (野狐) is a type of kitsune , as told in Kyūshū. To be possessed by it is called "yako-tsuki" (野狐憑き). The word 野狐, lit. ' field fox ' or ' wild fox ', is also used for foxes in the wild in general. [4]
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As a kitsune, with no other name of his own revealed throughout the play, he is known only as "Tadanobu" and as "Genkurō". Separating from Yoshitsune and his party, Genkurō, his true identity still unknown, escorts Shizuka to Yoshino, seeking escape and safety from the agents of Yoritomo. There, they meet up with Yoshitsune once more, both ...
While there are some kitsune who are servants of the Inari god, worshiped and benevolent towards humans, the yako are neither controlled nor worshiped. [78] [79] Because of this, they may possess people, causing illness or other harm to them. The yako is also said to have the ability to shapeshift into forms in order to startle or trick humans.