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Monument of Bystrouška from Janáček's 1924 opera The Cunning Little Vixen in Hukvaldy, Janáček's hometown. The fox appears in the folklore of many cultures, but especially European and East Asian, as a figure of cunning, trickery, or as a familiar animal possessed of magic powers, and sometimes associated with transformation.
Kitsune or (Fox) in Persona 4, who is part of the social links. Lucky, the main character of Super Lucky's Tale; Ninetails, a major boss character from the game Ōkami. Its source of power is the Fox Rods, which contain nine Tube Foxes, one for each tail. During battle with Ninetails, the tails turn into women and must be defeated individually.
Pages in category "Mythological foxes" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aguara; Amaterasu; F.
The name Grýla appears in a list of heiti for troll-women in the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century by Icelandic skald Snorri Sturluson. [1] However, a list of Grýlu heiti ('heiti for Grýla') in one manuscript of the Prose Edda from the early 14th century, AM 748 I b 4to, gives various terms for foxes, suggesting an association with the Arctic fox.
Firefox (tulikettu or tulirepo or tulikko) is a mythical creature in the folklore of northern and eastern Finland. It is a fox whose tail twinkles fire. [1] According to folk stories, the Firefox lives far away in hideouts in the woods, or in the north, and very few are said to have seen it. Firefox is black during days but twinkles fire during ...
Reindeer appear throughout the mythology and history of Arctic peoples. As one of the most prodigious sources of food and one of the last animals to be truly domesticated in the north, the ...
The Arctic fox preys on many small creatures such as lemmings, voles, ringed seal pups, fish, waterfowl, and seabirds. It also eats carrion, berries, seaweed, and insects and other small invertebrates. Arctic foxes form monogamous pairs during the breeding season and they stay together to raise their young in complex underground dens ...
As part of the state-sponsored program to restore Arctic foxes, Norway has been feeding the population for nearly 20 years, at an annual cost of around 3.1 million NOK (€275,000) and it has no ...