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It debuted in Dungeons & Dragons and then spread to other franchises including Warcraft and Pathfinder. It is inspired from but not resembling the gnoles conceived by Lord Dunsany. [21] Considered one of the "five main "humanoid" races" in AD&D by Paul Karczag and Lawrence Schick [22] and a classic of D&D by reviewer Dan Wickline. [23]
A prominent feature that separates the kumiho from its two counterparts (although, both Japanese Kitsune and Chinese Huli Jing having their own versions of “knowledge beads”, in the form of Kitsune’s starball and Huli Jing’s “golden elixir” neidan) is the existence of a 'yeowoo guseul' (여우구슬, literally meaning fox marble) which is said to consist of knowledge.
These shapes are not limited by the fox's own age or gender, [35] and a kitsune can duplicate the appearance of a specific person. [citation needed] Kitsune are particularly renowned for impersonating beautiful women. Common belief in feudal Japan was that any woman encountered alone, especially at dusk or night, could be a kitsune. [48]
In the Inuit religion, an ijiraq (/ ˈ iː j ɪ r ɑː k / EE-yi-rahk or / ˈ iː dʒ ɪ r ɑː k / EE-ji-rahk) is a shapeshifting creature said to kidnap children, hide them away and abandon them.
Huli jing (Chinese: 狐狸精) are Chinese mythological creatures usually capable of shapeshifting, who may either be benevolent or malevolent spirits.In Chinese mythology and folklore, the fox spirit takes variant forms with different meanings, powers, characteristics, and shapes, including huxian (Chinese: 狐仙; lit. 'fox immortal'), hushen (狐神; 'fox god'), husheng (狐聖; 'fox saint ...
Pathfinder Chronicles: Classic Treasures Revisited: April 2010 64 978-1-60125-220-3: Paperback PZO9220 Amber Stewart, Michael Kortes, Jonathan H. Keith Pathfinder Chronicles: Faction Guide: May 2010 64 978-1-60125-221-0: Paperback PZO9221 Joshua J. Frost, Jason Nelson, Sean K Reynolds Pathfinder Chronicles: Heart of the Jungle: June 2010 64 978 ...
1722 German woodcut of a werewolf transforming. Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and ...
The word nagual derives from the Nahuatl word nāhualli [naˈwaːlːi], an indigenous religious practitioner, identified by the Spanish as a 'magician'.. In English, the word is often translated as "transforming witch," but translations without negative connotations include "transforming trickster," "shape shifter," "pure spirit," or "pure being."