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Kitsune
However…Japan has this thing. This thing where regular animals become Youkai for some reason. The foxes became their own category of Youkai…and the word for fox made its way to the West to refer to just the mythological/folkloric creature.
Among Japanese mythological creatures, the kitsune are probably my favorite. This is mostly because, in the primary world, I like foxes…but their stories area also quite funny.
Trivilinks
- Some choice links from Youkai.com
- Ōji no kitsune - The story here is personally one of my favorites.
- I checked the Encyclopedia of Japanese mythology to see what was written about them and, to my surprise…there isn’t actually that much. In fact, Tamamo-no-Mae doesn’t have her own entry despite…y’know, rock.
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